Dina Powell

Dina Powell
1st United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy
In office
March 15, 2017 – January 12, 2018[1]
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byNadia Schadlow
11th Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
In office
July 11, 2005 – June 7, 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byPatricia Harrison
Succeeded byGoli Ameri
Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office
In office
2003–2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byClay Johnson III
Succeeded byLiza Wright
Personal details
Born
Dina Habib

(1973-06-12) June 12, 1973 (age 51)
Cairo, Egypt
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Richard Powell
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(m. 1998; div. 2017)​
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(m. 2019)​
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Children2
EducationUniversity of Texas, Austin (BA)

Dina Powell, also known as Dina Powell McCormick[3] (née Habib, Arabic: دينا حبيب; born June 12, 1973)[4][5] is an American financial executive, philanthropist, and political advisor, best known for having been the United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy[6] to President Donald Trump.[7][8]

Born in Cairo, Egypt, she came to the United States as a child. A lifelong member of the Republican Party,[9] she became involved in Texas-oriented Republican politics during and following her time at the University of Texas at Austin. During the George W. Bush administration, Powell served in several roles, first as an Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel and then as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and Deputy Undersecretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy.[8][10] In 2007, Powell joined Goldman Sachs, where she became a managing director[a] and eventually a partner at the firm,[8][11] as well as president of its non-profit subsidiary, the Goldman Sachs Foundation.[12] In that capacity she ran the foundation's 10,000 Women program.[13]

Powell joined the Trump administration during the transition period and remained thereafter. As a Deputy National Security Advisor she had a role in determining the first year of the administration's foreign policy,[14][15] especially in regard to Middle East policy.[16] She was also an Assistant to the President and Senior Counselor for Economic Initiatives,[17] a position – demanding about 20 percent of her time[18] – that continued after her security appointment.[19]

She left the administration in early 2018,[20][21] returning to work for Goldman Sachs, where she was a Partner and served on the Management Committee.[22] In October 2018, Powell was a leading candidate for the position of United States Ambassador to the United Nations,[23] but withdrew from consideration and remained with the financial firm.[24] In 2022 she was named the new chair of the Robin Hood Foundation, to begin in 2023.[25] Powell departed Goldman Sachs in 2023 to join BDT & MSD Partners.[26]

  1. ^ "Trump Says He's Considering Goldman's Dina Powell for UN Ambassador". Bloomberg. Bloomberg. October 9, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Fortado, Lindsay; Wigglesworth, Robin (December 6, 2019). "Former US Ranger ready to take command at Bridgewater". Financial Times. Nikkei. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "Goldman's Dina Powell McCormick Set to be Next Robin Hood Chair". Bloomberg. October 20, 2022.
  4. ^ Sherman, Jake (June 12, 2017). "GOP growing worried they'll lose House -- MATTIS keeps his 'distance' from Trump -- MELANIA and BARRON move into 1600 Penn -- WAPO: Trump family lawyer JAMIE GORELICK gets pushback from friends -- B'DAY: Dina Powell". Politico. Archived from the original on June 26, 2017.
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  6. ^ Brennan, Margaret; Alemany, Jacqueline (March 15, 2017). "Dina Powell promoted to deputy national security adviser". CBS News. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017.
  7. ^ Gordon, Michael (March 15, 2017). "Dina Powell, Donald Trump Aide, Named to National Security Post". The New York Times.
  8. ^ a b c Kessler, Glenn (May 2, 2007). "Top-Ranking Arab American Is Leaving State for Wall Street". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  9. ^ Garcia, Patricia (April 19, 2017). "Who Is Dina Powell? Ivanka Trump's Right-Hand Woman Is a Rising Star in the White House". Vogue. Condé Nast.
  10. ^ Gerhart, Ann (January 11, 2005). "Dina Powell, the West Wing's Hire Power". The Washington Post. Washington, DC. p. C1. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
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  12. ^ Craig, Susanne (October 26, 2013). "Goldman Sachs, Buying Redemption". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 25, 2017.
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  14. ^ Landler, Mark; Baker, Peter (December 8, 2017). "Dina Powell, Influential Foreign Policy Adviser, Is Set to Exit White House". The New York Times. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
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  16. ^ Tibon, Amir (December 9, 2017). "Amid Jerusalem Crisis: Top Middle East Adviser Dina Powell Quits White House". Haaretz.
  17. ^ Campbell, Dakin; et al. (January 12, 2017). "Goldman Sachs's Dina Powell Named as Trump's Economic Assistant". Bloomberg. Bloomberg Politics. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. January 12, 2017
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  20. ^ "Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell leaving White House". Fox News Channel. December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  21. ^ Stewart, James B. (January 18, 2018). "One Goldman Takeover That Failed: The Trump White House". The New York Times. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  22. ^ "Former White House aide Dina Powell rejoins Goldman Sachs". Politico. February 27, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  23. ^ Most Read Politics. "Trump likes Dina Powell for U.N. job, but she could face some resistance within the White House". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
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