{"id":311,"date":"2026-05-30T05:14:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T05:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=311"},"modified":"2026-05-30T05:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T05:14:57","slug":"why-meta-hired-dina-powell-mccormick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"Why Meta hired Dina Powell McCormick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>We rely heavily on data when deciding who ranks where on the annual Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business list. This involves evaluating executives based on the size and health of their businesses or P&amp;Ls, measured by both 12-month and three-year financial results. However, other, less tangible criteria are also taken into account, such as the executive\u2019s willingness to innovate, her efforts to make business better, and the influence that she wields beyond her company.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=310\">Anthropic leapfrogs OpenAI with a record $965 billion valuation and says its \u2018Mythos\u2019 AI model is coming soon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One woman who scores highly in this latter category is Dina Powell McCormick, who is No. 58 on this year\u2019s list. In January, she was appointed president and vice chairman of Meta, after a year on the company\u2019s board. Her broad remit includes co-leading the division that manages Meta\u2019s multi-billion-dollar AI infrastructure buildout. Drawing on her years at the highest echelons of Washington and Wall Street (Powell McCormick has held multiple unelected political positions, including time as deputy national security advisor during President Trump\u2019s first term, as well as 16 years at Goldman Sachs), she is tasked with securing large-scale investors across the globe to help fund Meta\u2019s vast AI ambitions. This is a hugely important role, both for Meta and the AI revolution more generally. And yet, I\u2019d argue that Powell McCormick\u2019s true power transcends her job title.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last month, I traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet her. It was the day before the White House Correspondents Dinner, and she was co-hosting a lunch to showcase Meta\u2019s AI initiatives. I watched her dart around the hotel ballroom, enveloping people from both political parties in hugs. During an onstage interview at the event, she told us that she considers the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, John Fetterman, who was in attendance, a \u201cdear friend.\u201d Shortly afterwards, she waved to the Republican former Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, and congratulated him on some recent tech investments. I chatted to a small-business owner from New York who told me that Powell McCormick is a mentor to her. \u201cI will support Dina wherever she goes,\u201d she added. Fast-forward a week or so, and Powell McCormick was one of three women in a group of business leaders who accompanied President Trump to China. Yes, her current title is impressive and makes her a pivotal decision-maker at one of the world\u2019s most influential companies, but what distinguishes Powell McCormick from other leaders is the sprawling cross-industry network that she has built over decades. It\u2019s a key reason why Meta hired her.<\/p>\n<p>Many skills and factors no doubt contributed to Powell McCormick\u2019s rise. Yet, at a time when we find ourselves glued to screens and more divided than ever, her trajectory is a reminder of the importance of so-called \u201csoft power.\u201d Impactful leadership can be loud, or it can manifest more subtly as the ability to connect with people of all backgrounds and beliefs and make them feel that they matter.<\/p>\n<p>You can read my interview with Powell McCormick here.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ellie Austin<br \/>Editorial Director, Most Powerful Women<br \/><em>ellie.austin@fortune.com<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The Most Powerful Women Daily newsletter is<\/em> Fortune\u2019<em>s daily briefing for and about the women leading the business world. Subscribe here.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>ALSO IN THE HEADLINES<\/h3>\n<p><b>Weiss announces personnel changes. <\/b><span>CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has <\/span><span>ousted<\/span><span> 30-year network veteran Tanya Simon as executive producer, replacing her with former <\/span><i><span>New York Times<\/span><\/i><span> tech columnist and filmmaker Nick Bilton. Correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega were also let go.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Bondi faces questions behind closed doors. <\/b><span>Former Attorney General Pam Bondi <\/span><span>stood by<\/span><span> the Justice Department&#8217;s handling of the Epstein files on Friday during a private interview before the House Oversight Committee. The DOJ released all files required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act &#8220;to the best of my knowledge,&#8221; Bondi said, adding: &#8220;I am proud of the Department&#8217;s record and commitment to transparency under my leadership.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=308\">Exclusive: Microsoft is building a super app that combines coding, chat, and other Copilot AI tools<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>The CFO of e.l.f. Beauty has a new mandate.<\/b> <i><span>Fortune<\/span><\/i><span> recently spoke with e.l.f. Beauty CFO Mandy Fields, who has overseen 29 consecutive quarters of sales growth at the company and now spearheads its AI integration efforts. She told <\/span><i><span>Fortune<\/span><\/i><span> she has <\/span><span>three priorities<\/span><span>: governance over internal AI systems; readiness for agentic commerce; and driving enterprise efficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Clorox Chair and CEO Linda Rendle is stepping down.<\/b><span> Rendle <\/span><span>cited<\/span><span> health reasons for her resignation, which will be effective once a successor is found. Rendle has led the company since 2020. Clorox ranked No. 516 on the 2025 Fortune 1000.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>ON MY RADAR<\/h3>\n<p><b>Why hasn\u2019t California elected a woman governor?<\/b> <i><span>New York Times<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Girls Who Code CEO: 70% of teen girls want to work in cybersecurity. We\u2019re losing them before they start <\/b><i><span>Fortune<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Is Phoebe Gates\u2019 Phia the most celeb-backed shopping startup of all time?<\/b> <i><span>Vogue Business<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>PARTING WORDS<\/h3>\n<p>\u2014<span>Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, just <\/span><span>hours after saying she won\u2019t be running for president in 2028.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=306\">Pandemic relief funds accidentally broke the housing market by helping scammers inflate local home prices nearly 6%, study finds<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What distinguishes Powell McCormick from other leaders is the sprawling cross-industry network that she has built.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mpw-daily"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Meta hired Dina Powell McCormick - 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