Overview
- Meta said Powell McCormick joins the management team to guide overall strategy, work with compute and infrastructure groups, oversee multi‑billion‑dollar projects, and build new strategic capital partnerships.
- Her appointment comes as Meta accelerates its AI buildout, following nuclear energy agreements with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra announced Jan. 10 to power expanding U.S. data centers.
- President Donald Trump publicly congratulated Powell McCormick shortly after the news, underscoring Meta’s recent political realignment.
- The hire extends a series of right‑leaning personnel and policy shifts, including naming Curtis Joseph Mahoney as chief legal officer and elevating Joel Kaplan to lead global affairs.
- Watchdogs flagged potential conflicts because Powell McCormick is married to Sen. Dave McCormick, who has an energy policy role, and his office said he will follow Senate ethics rules.