Overview
- Meta places Powell McCormick on its management team to guide strategy and execute multibillion‑dollar investments in AI compute, data centers and energy.
- Zuckerberg says her mandate includes partnering with governments and sovereign investors to build, deploy, invest in and finance Meta’s AI infrastructure.
- Powell McCormick resigned from Meta’s board in December after joining in April 2025, following senior posts at Goldman Sachs and BDT & MSD and service in the Bush and Trump administrations.
- President Trump publicly praised the move, and the hire follows Meta’s recruitment of other Republicans such as new chief legal officer C. J. Mahoney and organizational shifts welcomed by the right.
- The role aligns with Meta’s recent nuclear‑energy deals with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra to power expanding AI operations, and it prompts conflict‑of‑interest scrutiny given her marriage to Sen. Dave McCormick, whose office cites adherence to Senate ethics rules.