From left to right, US President Donald Trump, Senator Dave McCormick, his wife Dina Powell McCormick and Elon Musk look at the Male NCAA wrestling competition at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 22, 2025.
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Meta On Friday, it announced that it extended its board of directors with two new members, including Dina Powell McCormick, part of President Donald Trump’s first administration.
Powell McCormick was deputy national security advisor from Trump from 2017 to 2018. She is also married to Senator Dave McCormick, a Pennsylvania Republican who took office in January.
“He’s a good man,” said Trump about McCormick in an approval last year, according to the Associated Press. Powell McCormick and her husband were photographed in March next to Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a current advisor to the president, in a wrestling championship match in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In addition, Powell McCormick was deputy secretary of state under Condoleezza Rice in the administration of President George W. Bush.
In addition to its political history, Powell McCormick is vice-president, president and head of global customers at BDT & MSD Partners. This company was founded in 2023 when the BDT merchant bank combined with Michael Dell MSD investment company. Powell McCormick arrived at the company after 16 years in Goldman Sachswhere she had been a partner.
His appointment represents another sign of the alignment of the meta with the Republicans after Trump’s return to the White House.
In January, the company announced a distance from the verification of the facts and said that it brought Trump’s friend Dana White, CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship, on the board of directors. The changes follow Trump overnoving the business behind Facebook and Instagram “the enemy of the people” on CNBC last year.
Also Friday, Meta said that Patrick Collison, co-founder and CEO of Payments Startup Stripe, was also elected to the board of directors. Stripe was assessed at $ 65 billion in a tender offer last year.
“Patrick and Dina provide a lot of experience in the support of companies and entrepreneurs to our board of directors,” said Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO statement.
Zuckerberg visited the White House last week after attending the inauguration of Trump in Washington in January. Politico Last week, the meta-PDG paid 23 million dollars in cash for a mansion in the national capital.
Powell McCormick and Collison officially become administrators on April 15, Meta said.
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