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{{Short description|American financial & political advisor (born 1973)}}
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'''Dina Habib Powell''' (born '''Dina Habib''' {{lang-ar|دينا حبيب}} ; born June 12, 1973)<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626115416/http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2017/06/12/gop-growing-worried-theyll-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-bday-dina-powell-220772 |date=June 26, 2017 }}, Politico Playbook, June 12, 2017. </ref><ref name=ahram/> is an ] non-profit executive, philanthropist, and U.S. policymaker. She is the current ]<ref name=cbspro>Margaret Brennan and Jacqueline Alemany, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317235202/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dina-powell-promoted-to-deputy-national-security-adviser/ |date=March 17, 2017 }}, CBS News, March 15, 2017.</ref> to President Donald Trump.<ref name=nytnsc>{{cite web|last1=Gordon|first1=Michael|title=Dina Powell, Donald Trump Aide, Named to National Security Post|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/us/politics/dina-powell-donald-trump-aide-named-to-national-security-post.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 15, 2017}}</ref><ref name=wapo2007>{{cite news | last = Kessler | first = Glenn | title = Top-Ranking Arab American Is Leaving State for Wall Street | newspaper = The Washington Post | location = Washington, D.C. | publisher = The Washington Post Company | date = May 2, 2007 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/01/AR2007050101697.html | accessdate = September 11, 2015 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923004537/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/01/AR2007050101697.html | archivedate = September 23, 2015 | df = }}</ref>
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She is also an ],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Campbell|first1=Dakin et al|title=Goldman Sachs’s Dina Powell Named as Trump’s Economic Assistant|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-01-12/goldman-sachs-s-dina-powell-named-as-trump-s-economic-assistant|publisher=Bloomberg Politics|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126092323/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-01-12/goldman-sachs-s-dina-powell-named-as-trump-s-economic-assistant|archivedate=January 26, 2017|df=}} January 12, 2017</ref> a position that she continued in after her security appointment<ref name=polboth/> and that she spends about 20 percent of her time on.<ref name=june/>
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'''Dina Powell''', also known as '''Dina Powell McCormick'''<ref name=bloomname>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-20/goldman-s-dina-powell-mccormick-set-to-be-next-robin-hood-chair?leadSource=uverify%20wall | title=Goldman's Dina Powell McCormick Set to be Next Robin Hood Chair | newspaper=] | date=October 20, 2022 }}</ref> (] '''Habib''', {{langx|ar|دينا حبيب}}; born June 12, 1973)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626115416/http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2017/06/12/gop-growing-worried-theyll-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-bday-dina-powell-220772|url=http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2017/06/12/gop-growing-worried-theyll-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-bday-dina-powell-220772 |archive-date=June 26, 2017|date=June 12, 2017|last=Sherman|first=Jake|title=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 |work=]}}</ref><ref name=ahram/> is an American financial executive, philanthropist, and political advisor, best known for having been the ]<ref name=cbspro>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dina-powell-promoted-to-deputy-national-security-adviser/|title=Dina Powell promoted to deputy national security adviser| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317235202/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dina-powell-promoted-to-deputy-national-security-adviser/|archive-date=March 17, 2017|work=]|date=March 15, 2017|last1=Brennan|first1=Margaret|last2=Alemany|first2=Jacqueline}}</ref> to President ].<ref name=nytnsc>{{cite news|last1=Gordon|first1=Michael|title=Dina Powell, Donald Trump Aide, Named to National Security Post|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/us/politics/dina-powell-donald-trump-aide-named-to-national-security-post.html|newspaper=]|date=March 15, 2017}}</ref><ref name=wapo2007>{{cite web| last = Kessler | first = Glenn | title = Top-Ranking Arab American Is Leaving State for Wall Street | newspaper=] | date = May 2, 2007 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/01/AR2007050101697.html | access-date = September 11, 2015 | url-status = live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923004537/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/01/AR2007050101697.html | archive-date = September 23, 2015 }}</ref>

Born in ], Egypt, she came to the United States as a child. A lifelong member of the ],<ref name=Vogue>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/dina-powell-trump-influence-trump-white-house|title=Who Is Dina Powell? Ivanka Trump's Right-Hand Woman Is a Rising Star in the White House|magazine=Vogue|date=April 19, 2017|last=Garcia|first=Patricia|publisher=Condé Nast}}</ref> she became involved in ] during and following her time at the ]. During the ], Powell served in several roles, first as an ] and then as ] and Deputy Undersecretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy.<ref name="wapo2007" /><ref name="poste">{{cite news | last = Gerhart | first = Ann | title = Dina Powell, the West Wing's Hire Power | newspaper=] | location = Washington, DC| page = C1 | date = January 11, 2005 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64575-2005Jan10.html | access-date = September 11, 2015 | url-status = live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923055932/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64575-2005Jan10.html | archive-date = September 23, 2015 }}</ref> In 2007, Powell joined ], where she became a ]{{efn|Managing directors at the firm are promoted biannually, it is a middle management position and they are not equivalent to a CEO.}} and eventually a partner at the firm,<ref name="wapo2007"/><ref name="partner"/> as well as president of its non-profit subsidiary, the ].<ref name=deal>{{cite web|url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/dealbook/2013/10/26/goldman-sachs-buying-redemption/?referer=http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-dina-powell-2013-10|title=Goldman Sachs, Buying Redemption|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625121156/https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/dealbook/2013/10/26/goldman-sachs-buying-redemption/?referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fgoldman-sachs-dina-powell-2013-10 |archive-date=June 25, 2017|last=Craig|first=Susanne|work=]|date=October 26, 2013}}</ref> In that capacity she ran the foundation's ] program.<ref name="msfixit"/>


Powell joined the ] 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,<ref name="nytgo">{{cite news|url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/us/politics/dina-powell-trump-resign.html|title=Dina Powell, Influential Foreign Policy Adviser, Is Set to Exit White House|website=]|date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=December 10, 2017|last1=Landler |first1=Mark |last2=Baker |first2=Peter }}</ref><ref name=wapogo/> especially in regard to Middle East policy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/1.827803|title=Amid Jerusalem Crisis: Top Middle East Adviser Dina Powell Quits White House|first=Amir|last=Tibon|date=December 9, 2017|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref> She was also an ],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Dakin|display-authors=et al|title=Goldman Sachs's Dina Powell Named as Trump's Economic Assistant|newspaper=] |date=January 12, 2017 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-01-12/goldman-sachs-s-dina-powell-named-as-trump-s-economic-assistant|publisher=Bloomberg Politics|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126092323/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-01-12/goldman-sachs-s-dina-powell-named-as-trump-s-economic-assistant|archive-date=January 26, 2017}} January 12, 2017</ref> a position – demanding about 20 percent of her time<ref name=june/> – that continued after her security appointment.<ref name=polboth/>
Prior to accepting these White House positions, Powell was a managing director and partner at ]<ref name=wapo2007/><ref name=partner/> and president of their non-profit subsidiary, the ].<ref name="deal" /> In that capacity she ran the Foundation's ] program.<ref name=msfixit/> Before that, she served in the George W. Bush administration as ], Deputy Undersecretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy, and an ].<ref name="wapo2007" /><ref name="poste">{{cite news | last = Gerhart | first = Ann | title = Dina Powell, the West Wing’s Hire Power | newspaper = The Washington Post | location = Washington, D.C. | pages = C1 | publisher = The Washington Post Company | date = January 11, 2005 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64575-2005Jan10.html | accessdate = September 11, 2015 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923055932/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64575-2005Jan10.html | archivedate = September 23, 2015 | df = }}</ref>


She left the administration in early 2018,<ref name="foxed">{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/deputy-national-security-adviser-dina-powell-leaving-white-house|title=Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell leaving White House|date=December 8, 2017|publisher=] Channel|access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref><ref name=dinaquits>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/business/goldman-sachs-trump.html|title=One Goldman Takeover That Failed: The Trump White House|work=] |date=January 18, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018|last1=Stewart |first1=James B. }}</ref> returning to work for Goldman Sachs, where she was a Partner and served on the Management Committee.<ref name=backsachs>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/27/former-white-house-aide-dina-powell-rejoins-goldman-sachs-430096|title=Former White House aide Dina Powell rejoins Goldman Sachs|website=] |date=February 27, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref> In October 2018, Powell was a leading candidate for the position of ],<ref>{{cite news|author=Most Read Politics |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-likes-powell-for-un-job-but-she-could-face-some-resistance-within-the-white-house/2018/10/10/6984162a-ccbb-11e8-a85c-0bbe30c19e8f_story.html |title=Trump likes Dina Powell for U.N. job, but she could face some resistance within the White House |newspaper=] |access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref> but withdrew from consideration and remained with the financial firm.<ref name=apno/> In 2022 she was named the new chair of the ], to begin in 2023.<ref name=rbf/> Powell departed Goldman Sachs in 2023 to join ].<ref name = WSJ />
Powell was born in Egypt and immigrated with her family to Texas at a young age.<ref name=scene/> She is a lifelong member of the ].<ref name=ahram/>


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==


Dina Habib was born in ] to a middle-class, ] family.<ref name=poste/><ref name=cnni/> Her father was a captain in the ], and her mother had attended ].<ref name=poste/> As both wanted the best for their daughters,<ref name =poste/><ref name =glamour/> Dina Habib at the age of four or thereabouts (accounts vary slightly) came to the United States with her parents and her younger sister.<ref name=poste/><ref name=scene/><ref>Most news sources say she came to the U.S. when she was four. However during {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508180332/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/ask/20060929.html |date=May 8, 2016 }} she says she was five at the time, and in she says she came at age six.</ref> Dina knew no English.<ref name=poste/> Dina Habib was born in ], Egypt to a middle-class, ] family.<ref name=poste/><ref name=cnni>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/politics/who-is-dina-powell/|title=Meet Dina Powell, Ivanka Trump's woman in the White House|last=Klein|first=Betsy|date=January 11, 2017|publisher=]|access-date=January 11, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112182452/http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/politics/who-is-dina-powell/|archive-date=January 12, 2017}}</ref> Her father was a captain in the ], and her mother had attended ].<ref name=poste/> Her parents brought her younger sister and her to the United States as children.<ref name=poste/><ref name=scene>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jan-10-na-dina10-story.html|title=From Behind the Scenes She Recruits Bush's Team|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410213846/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jan/10/nation/na-dina10 |archive-date=April 10, 2017|work=]|date=January 10, 2005|last=Neuman|url-status=live|first=Johanna}}</ref><ref name=glamour/> Habib arrived knowing no English.<ref name=poste/>


The Habib family settled in ], where they had relatives among the Coptic community there; the parents ran a ].<ref name=poste/> Her father also worked at times as a bus driver and in real estate, while her mother sometimes endeavored as a social worker.<ref name=june>William D. Cohan, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903143309/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/the-untold-story-of-how-gary-cohn-donald-trump-goldman-sachs-alumni?intcid=inline_amp |date=September 3, 2017 }}, ''Vanity Fair'', June 24, 2017.</ref> A third daughter was born once the family was in America.<ref name = june/> The Habib family settled in ], where they had relatives within the Coptic community.<ref name=poste/> The parents ran a ],<ref name=poste/> and her father also worked at times as a bus driver and in real estate, while her mother sometimes pursued a career in social work.<ref name=june>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/the-untold-story-of-how-gary-cohn-donald-trump-goldman-sachs-alumni?intcid=inline_amp |title=The Untold Story of How Gary Cohn Fell for Donald Trump |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903143309/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/the-untold-story-of-how-gary-cohn-donald-trump-goldman-sachs-alumni?intcid=inline_amp |archive-date=September 3, 2017 |magazine=]|date=June 24, 2017}}</ref> A third daughter was born once the family was in North America.<ref name = june/>


While Dina quickly learned English at school, her family insisted that she be raised with Egyptian culture and language as well.<ref name=poste/><ref name=alcade/> As a result, she is fluent in ].<ref name=nytnsc/> Of her parents' actions, she later said, "I so desperately wanted a turkey and cheese sandwich with potato chips, and instead I always got grape leaves and hummus and falafel, not even in a cool brown paper bag. And now, of course, I appreciate so much that I did."<ref name=poste/> Each of the family members born abroad became a ].<ref name=scene/> She attended the prep school for girls ],<ref name =cnni/> from which she graduated in 1991.<ref name=alcade/> Habib learned English at school, but her family insisted that she be raised with Egyptian culture and language,<ref name=poste/><ref name=alcade/> hence, she is fluent in Arabic.<ref name=nytnsc/> Of her parents' actions, she later said, "I so desperately wanted a turkey and cheese sandwich with potato chips, and instead I always got grape leaves and hummus and falafel, not even in a cool brown paper bag. And now, of course, I appreciate so much that I did."<ref name=poste/> Each of the family members born abroad became a ].<ref name=scene/> She attended the prep school for girls ],<ref name =cnni/> from which she was graduated in 1991.<ref name=alcade/>


She then attended the ], more specifically the ], where she enrolled in the Liberal Arts Plan I honors program, studying a mixture of humanities, sociology, political science, and criminology.<ref name=alcade/> She performed community service both as part of her program and her membership in the ] sorority.<ref name = alcade/> She then attended the ] where she enrolled in the Plan II Honors program.<ref name=alcade/> She performed community service as part of her program and joined the ] sorority.<ref name = alcade/>


Dina Habib helped pay for school by working as a ] for two Republican members of the ]: ] and ].<ref name=alcade>Rae Nadler, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321000735/https://books.google.com/books?id=1eMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=53&hl=en |date=March 21, 2017 }}, ''The Alcade'' (January/February 2007), pp. 53-55.</ref> With them, she worked on a number of policy matters, including juvenile justice reform.<ref name=alcade/> Habib helped pay for school by working as a ] for two Republican members of the ]: ] and ].<ref name=alcade>Rae Nadler, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321000735/https://books.google.com/books?id=1eMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=53&hl=en |date=March 21, 2017 }}, ''The Alcade'' (January/February 2007), pp. 53–55.</ref> With them, she worked on a number of policy matters, including juvenile justice reform.<ref name=alcade/>
She had grown up in a family that strongly identified with the ] and that had greatly admired ].<ref name=ahram>Jasmine El-Rashidi, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318020255/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2004/711/profile.htm |date=March 18, 2017 }}, '']'' (Cairo), October 7–13, 2004.</ref> She adopted the same views, later recalling that "... when I started to work with Republicans I realised that I agree with the views of personal empowerment, of less government involvement, of having the ability to talk about things without the government necessarily being involved. And on the economic side I'm definitely a believer that people should spend more of their money and spend it the way they think so and invest it wisely."<ref name=ahram/> Her family strongly identified with the ] and greatly admired ].<ref name=ahram>Jasmine El-Rashidi, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318020255/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2004/711/profile.htm |date=March 18, 2017 }}, '']'' (Cairo), October 7–13, 2004.</ref> She adopted the same views, later recalling that "... when I started to work with Republicans I realised that I agree with the views of personal empowerment, of less government involvement, of having the ability to talk about things without the government necessarily being involved. And on the economic side I'm definitely a believer that people should spend more of their money and spend it the way they think so and invest it wisely."<ref name=ahram/>


For her honors thesis, she wrote about the value of mentoring juvenile delinquents.<ref name = alcade/> She graduated from the University of Texas with honors with a bachelor's degree in humanities<ref name=deptofstate/> from its College of Liberal Arts in 1995.<ref name=ut> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320053909/https://news.utexas.edu/2017/02/01/longhorns-assume-leadership-roles-in-trump-administration |date=March 20, 2017 }}, UTNews, University of Texas, February 1, 2017.</ref>
For her honors thesis, she wrote about the value of mentoring on juvenile delinquents.<ref name = alcade/>
She graduated from U. of Texas with honors with a bachelor's degree in Humanities<ref name=deptofstate/> from its College of Liberal Arts in 1995.<ref name=ut> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320053909/https://news.utexas.edu/2017/02/01/longhorns-assume-leadership-roles-in-trump-administration |date=March 20, 2017 }}, UTNews, University of Texas, February 1, 2017.</ref>


==Early political career== ==Early political career==
Habib had applied to, and had been accepted by, a law school.<ref name=dmn>{{cite news |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/points/stories/DN-pointofcontact_22edi.ART.State.Edition1.432768e.html | title=Q&A with Dina Habib Powell, assistant secretary of state | newspaper=] | date=April 22, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015160729/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/points/stories/DN-pointofcontact_22edi.ART.State.Edition1.432768e.html | archive-date=October 15, 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref> However, in part due to her Arabic fluency,
]
she received an offer of a year-long internship with the U.S. Senator from Texas, ].<ref name=fortunate>{{cite web |url=http://fortune.com/2017/04/27/ivanka-trump-dina-powell-3/ |title=Ivanka Trump: How She Met Goldman Sachs Partner Dina Powell |website=] |access-date=May 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508105851/http://fortune.com/2017/04/27/ivanka-trump-dina-powell-3/ |archive-date=May 8, 2017 }}</ref><ref name=dmn/><ref name=poste/> She deferred the school and accepted the internship,<ref name=dmn/> moving to Washington, D.C. in the process.<ref name=alcade/> She never returned to law school.<ref name=glamour>{{cite news | last = Leive | first = Cindi | title = Success Secrets From a Wall Street Superstar | magazine= Glamour | date = June 11, 2014 |url=http://www.glamour.com/inspired/2014/06/wall-street-career-advice-from-goldman-sachs-dina-habib-powell | access-date = September 11, 2015 | url-status = live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912195606/http://www.glamour.com/inspired/2014/06/wall-street-career-advice-from-goldman-sachs-dina-habib-powell | archive-date = September 12, 2015 }}</ref>


After the year-long internship concluded,<ref name=june/> she took a job with ], the Republican Majority Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.<ref name=poste/> There, she worked as a member of his leadership staff.<ref name=alcade/> This role lasted four years.<ref name=june/>
Habib had applied to, and been accepted by, a law school.<ref name=dmn>{{cite news | url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/points/stories/DN-pointofcontact_22edi.ART.State.Edition1.432768e.html | title=Q&A with Dina Habib Powell, assistant secretary of state | newspaper=] | date=April 22, 2007 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015160729/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/points/stories/DN-pointofcontact_22edi.ART.State.Edition1.432768e.html | archivedate=October 15, 2008 | deadurl=yes | df= }}</ref> However, in part due to her fluency in Arabic,
she received an offer of a year-long internship with the U.S. Senator from Texas, ].<ref name=fortunate/><ref name=dmn/><ref name=poste/> Much to the consternation of her parents, who wanted her to become an engineer, doctor, or lawyer, she deferred the school and accepted the internship,<ref name=dmn/> moving to ] in the process.<ref name=alcade/> This began a chain of political and governmental positions that would span a decade or more and she never came to the study of law.<ref name=glamour>{{cite news | last = Leive | first = Cindi | title = Success Secrets From a Wall Street Superstar | magazine = Glamour | publisher = Conde Nast | date = June 11, 2014 | url = http://www.glamour.com/inspired/2014/06/wall-street-career-advice-from-goldman-sachs-dina-habib-powell | accessdate = September 11, 2015 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150912195606/http://www.glamour.com/inspired/2014/06/wall-street-career-advice-from-goldman-sachs-dina-habib-powell | archivedate = September 12, 2015 | df = }}</ref> Hutchison later said of Powell, "She is extraordinary and she has gone so far since that first little internship because she is so graceful."<ref name=cnni/>

After the year-long internship concluded,<ref name=june/> she took a job with ], the Republican Majority Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.<ref name=poste/> There she worked as a member of his leadership staff.<ref name=alcade/> This role lasted for four years.<ref name=june/> Armey later said, "We immediately recognized her brains and her ability, and then her charm, and finally, I think somebody noticed she was gorgeous, too."<ref name=poste/> Armey's was one among a number of remarks that various government officials have made regarding not just her professional abilities but also her physical attractiveness.<ref name=cosmo/><ref name=june/>


After that, she took a job with the ] where she was Director of Congressional Affairs and helped to find positions for Republicans in lobbying firms.<ref name=deptofstate/><ref name=poste/> As part of this role she became involved in the ].<ref name=alcade/> After that, she took a job with the ] where she was Director of Congressional Affairs and helped to find positions for Republicans in lobbying firms.<ref name=deptofstate/><ref name=poste/> As part of this role she became involved in the ].<ref name=alcade/>


==Marriage and family== ==First marriage and family==
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She married Richard C. Powell on January 10, 1998.<!-- added by an anon but seems to be correct - see some primary sources dug up on some political websites --> A man who works in public relations, he became a managing director of the Washington-based ]<ref name=alcade/> and now is employed by ] as the president of ].<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804054722/http://www.teneoholdings.com/leaders/richard_powell |date=August 4, 2017 }} Teneo web site, accessed August 3, 2017.</ref> Teneo is a firm founded by associates of the Clintons.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804053212/http://www.teneoholdings.com/about |date=August 4, 2017 }} Teneo web site, accessed August 3, 2017.</ref>
Powell married Richard C. Powell on January 10, 1998.<!-- added by an anon but seems to be correct - see some primary sources dug up on some political websites --> A public relations professional, he became a managing director of the Washington-based ]<ref name=alcade/> and later became employed by ] as the president of Teneo Strategy.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804054722/http://www.teneoholdings.com/leaders/richard_powell |date=August 4, 2017 }} Teneo web site. Retrieved August 3, 2017.</ref><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804053212/http://www.teneoholdings.com/about |date=August 4, 2017 }} Teneo web site. Retrieved August 3, 2017.</ref> Following the marriage she began to use his last name professionally.<ref name= poste/>


The couple has two daughters, born in 2002 and 2006.<ref name=wapo2007/> In 2007 the couple purchased a $3.85 million condominium apartment on the ].<ref name=apart>{{cite web |author=Max Abelson |url=http://observer.com/2007/11/exbush-aide-parlays-administration-pay-into-385-m-condo/ |title=Ex-Bush Aide Parlays Administration Pay Into $3.85 M. Condo |publisher=Observer |date=November 13, 2007 |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113155709/http://observer.com/2007/11/exbush-aide-parlays-administration-pay-into-385-m-condo/ |archivedate=January 13, 2017 |df= }}</ref> The couple had two daughters, born in 2001 and 2006.<ref name="wapo2007"/> In 2007 the couple had purchased a $3.85 million condominium apartment on the ].<ref name=apart>{{cite web |author=Max Abelson |url=http://observer.com/2007/11/exbush-aide-parlays-administration-pay-into-385-m-condo/ |title=Ex-Bush Aide Parlays Administration Pay Into $3.85 M. Condo |work=Observer |date=November 13, 2007 |access-date=May 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113155709/http://observer.com/2007/11/exbush-aide-parlays-administration-pay-into-385-m-condo/ |archive-date=January 13, 2017 }}</ref>


==Bush administration== ==Bush administration==
===White House personnel office=== ===White House Personnel Office===
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While working at the RNC, Powell was spotted by ], who would come to be in charge of hiring for the ].<ref name=busmiller>Elisabeth Bumiller, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625112720/https://mobile.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/politics/a-mideast-strategy-that-includes-a-mideast-card.html?referer= |date=June 25, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', March 21, 2005.</ref> The day after the election Johnson called Powell regarding the presidential transition,<ref name=alcade/> even though ].
While working at the RNC, Powell was spotted by ], who would come to be in charge of hiring for the ].<ref name=busmiller>Elisabeth Bumiller, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625112720/https://mobile.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/politics/a-mideast-strategy-that-includes-a-mideast-card.html?referer= |date=June 25, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', March 21, 2005.</ref> The day after the election Johnson called Powell regarding the presidential transition.<ref name=alcade/>
Once in office, Johnson took her on as a ].<ref name=busmiller/> During the following year, Powell's parents visited a ] landing on the ] of the ]; after Powell had the president introduce himself to them on the ], they were overwhelmed with emotion.<ref name=alcade/> Powell later said, "It affirmed for them the tough decision to leave everything they knew behind. In what other country could an immigrant family go from risking it all to one day having their daughter work for the president?"<ref name=scene>Johanna Neuman, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410213846/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jan/10/nation/na-dina10 |date=April 10, 2017 }}, ''Los Angeles Times'', January 10, 2005.</ref>
Once in office, Johnson took her on as a Deputy Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel.<ref name=busmiller/>


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Beginning in January 2003, Johnson moved up and elsewhere in the administration and Powell took on his position, thereby serving as the ], a senior staff member at the ].<ref name=poste/> In this role, she was responsible for assisting the President on the appointments of the cabinet, subcabinet and ambassadorial positions across the U.S. Government.<ref name=poste/> She had a staff of 35 reporting to her and, especially once the second term of the Bush presidency began in January 2005, was part of hiring some 4,000 people.<ref name=cosmo>Helin Jung, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325025046/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a9140526/dina-powell-national-security-advisor-trump/ |date=March 25, 2017 }}, ''Cosmopolitan'', March 16, 2017.</ref><ref name=poste/><ref name=scene/> She participated in some of the recommendations process as well as processing the applications, and was part of the inner circle of knowledge regarding who would be hired along with Bush, Vice President ], and political mind ].<ref name=poste/> At age 29, she was the youngest person ever to hold this position.<ref name = cosmo/> She praised the family-friendly practices of the Bush White House, as well as support from her husband, for giving her the chance to be a successful ].<ref name=scene/> Beginning in January 2003, Johnson moved up and elsewhere in the administration and Powell took on his role, thereby serving as the ], a senior staff position at the ].<ref name=poste/> In this role, she was responsible for assisting the President on the appointments of the cabinet, subcabinet and ambassadorial positions across the U.S. Government.<ref name=poste/> She had a staff of 35 reporting to her; once the second term of the Bush presidency began in January 2005, was part of hiring some 4,000 people.<ref name=cosmo>Helin Jung, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325025046/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a9140526/dina-powell-national-security-advisor-trump/ |date=March 25, 2017 }}, ''Cosmopolitan'', March 16, 2017.</ref><ref name=poste/><ref name=scene/> She participated in some of the recommendations process as well as processing the applications.<ref name=poste/> At age 29, she was the youngest person ever to hold this position.<ref name = cosmo/>


Some of the recommendations she made for the U.S. State Department put her in good stead with Secretary of State ].<ref name=wapo2007/>
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The experience of her job confirmed her belief that the United States is a ].<ref name=scene/> Some of the recommendations she made for the U.S. State Department put her in good stead with Secretary of State ].<ref name=wapo2007/> (This led to a series of appointments in which Powell's foreign policy experience would be forged under Secretary Rice,<ref name=apfoz>{{Cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/1a83f83c9e214984b9d01783dd3bc875|title=Who's Dina Powell? A rising Trump national security figure|agency=AP News|access-date=April 19, 2017|author=Catherine Lucey|date=April 13, 2017|language=en-US|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426152627/https://apnews.com/1a83f83c9e214984b9d01783dd3bc875|archivedate=April 26, 2017|df=}}</ref><ref name=APfox>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/13/who-dina-powell-rising-trump-national-security-figure.html |title=Who's Dina Powell? A rising Trump national security figure |publisher=] |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517025904/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/13/who-dina-powell-rising-trump-national-security-figure.html |archivedate=May 17, 2017 |df= }}</ref> as the following paragraphs describe.) U.S. Secretary of Commerce ], a businessman whom Powell recruited for that Cabinet position, said: "In a nutshell, Dina Powell is probably one of the most talented people I've ever met in my life."<ref name=busmiller/>


===Department of State=== ===Department of State===
In March 2005, Powell was nominated as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, an assignment that included becoming an ambassador to the Arabic-speaking world.<ref name=busmiller/> News of the nomination landed on the front page of '']'' and made her notable in Egypt.<ref name=busmiller/> Powell served in that position from July 11, 2005,<ref name=deptofstate>{{cite web | title = Biography Dina Powell | website=Archive 2001–2009 | publisher= U.S. Department of State |url=http://2001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bios/p/49137.htm | access-date = September 11, 2015 | archive-date = March 4, 2016 | url-status = live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083432/http://2001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bios/p/49137.htm }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Anderson | first = Melissa | title = Movers and Shakers: Dina Powell, President, Goldman Sachs Foundation and Global Head of Corporate Engagement, Goldman Sachs | magazine= The Glass Hammer | publisher= Evolved People Media LLC | location = New York | date = October 24, 2012 |url=http://theglasshammer.com/2012/10/24/movers-and-shakers-dina-powell-president-goldman-sachs-foundation-and-global-head-of-corporate-engagement-goldman-sachs/ | access-date = September 11, 2015 | url-status = live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823051759/http://theglasshammer.com/2012/10/24/movers-and-shakers-dina-powell-president-goldman-sachs-foundation-and-global-head-of-corporate-engagement-goldman-sachs/ | archive-date = August 23, 2015 }}</ref> through June 6, 2007. Powell was also designated by Secretary Rice to the office of Deputy Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. In addition, Powell led the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,<ref name=deptofstate/> in whose responsibility fell the ] and similar foreign endeavors.<ref name=busmiller/> In her role, Powell traveled worldwide with Secretary Rice, but mostly focused on going to the Middle East.<ref name=cnn3>{{cite news |last=Merica |first=Dan |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/politics/dina-powell-nsc-ivanka-trump/index.html |title=Dina Powell moves from working with Ivanka Trump to NSC |publisher=] |date=March 17, 2017 |access-date=May 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523031356/http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/politics/dina-powell-nsc-ivanka-trump/index.html |archive-date=May 23, 2017 }}</ref>
In March 2005, Powell received a new assignment, which included becoming an ambassador of sorts to the Arabic-speaking world.<ref name=busmiller/> News of the appointment landed on the front page of '']'' and made her a celebrity in Egypt.<ref name=busmiller/>
This position was that Powell became, and subsequently served as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs from July 11, 2005, through June 6, 2007.<ref name=deptofstate>{{cite web | title = Biography Dina Powell | website = Archive 2001-2009 | publisher = U.S. Department of State | url = http://2001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bios/p/49137.htm | accessdate = September 11, 2015 | archivedate = March 4, 2016 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083432/http://2001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bios/p/49137.htm | df = }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Anderson | first = Melissa | title = Movers and Shakers: Dina Powell, President, Goldman Sachs Foundation and Global Head of Corporate Engagement, Goldman Sachs | magazine = The Glass Hammer | publisher = Evolved People Media LLC | location = New York | date = October 24, 2012 | url = http://theglasshammer.com/2012/10/24/movers-and-shakers-dina-powell-president-goldman-sachs-foundation-and-global-head-of-corporate-engagement-goldman-sachs/ | accessdate = September 11, 2015 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150823051759/http://theglasshammer.com/2012/10/24/movers-and-shakers-dina-powell-president-goldman-sachs-foundation-and-global-head-of-corporate-engagement-goldman-sachs/ | archivedate = August 23, 2015 | df = }}</ref> Powell was also designated by Secretary Rice to the office of Deputy Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. In addition, Powell led the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,<ref name=deptofstate/> in whose responsibility fell the ] and similar foreign endeavors.<ref name=busmiller/> In her role, Powell traveled worldwide with Secretary Rice, but mostly focused on going to the ].<ref name=cnn3/>

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During this period, Powell established several public-private partnerships between American corporations and foreign entities, including a U.S.-Lebanon partnership in the wake of ] that sought to help rebuild the local economy.<ref name =wapo2007/> These may have been under the aegis of the ]. In addition she brought into being some cultural exchanges between the United States and the ], including Iranian doctors coming west and a U.S. wrestling team going east.<ref name=wapo2007/> She was responsible for bringing in scholars from other nation-states as well.<ref name=cnni/> Powell worked to establish the ], which connected up-and-coming female leaders with the community of ]s.<ref name=cnni/> This was a joint venture between the State Department and '']'' that would go on to be honored over the next decade.<ref name=posting/> During this period, Powell established several public-private partnerships between American corporations and foreign entities, including a U.S.-Lebanon partnership in the wake of ] that sought to help rebuild the local economy.<ref name =wapo2007/> These may have been under the protection of the ]. She helped create some cultural exchanges between the United States and the ], including Iranian doctors coming west and a U.S. wrestling team going east.<ref name=wapo2007/> She was also responsible for bringing in scholars from other nation-states.<ref name=cnni/> Powell worked to establish the Fortune/U.S. State Department Global Women's Mentoring Partnership, which connected up-and-coming female leaders with the community of Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit,<ref name=cnni/> a joint venture between the State Department and '']'' that received praise over the next decade.<ref name=posting/>


In 2007, she left the White House and government service, saying "It's the right time for me and my family."<ref name=wapo2007/> She had been the highest-ranking Arab-American in the Bush administration.<ref name =wapo2007/> Secretary Rice said, "I'm really sorry to lose her. She is fantastic. She had so many ideas. There are people who have ideas but can't execute them. She really executed them."<ref name=wapo2007/> The ''Washington Post '' assayed that Dina Habib Powell had "played a critical role in the administration's efforts to bolster public diplomacy in the face of the wave of anti-Americanism that has swept the Arab world since the U.S. invasion of Iraq."<ref name=wapo2007/> Powell would later join the Advisory Council of the ].<ref name=connect/> In 2007, she left the White House and government service, saying "It's the right time for me and my family."<ref name=wapo2007/> She had been the highest-ranking Arab-American in the Bush administration.<ref name =wapo2007/> '']'' assessed that Dina Habib Powell had "played a critical role in the administration's efforts to bolster public diplomacy in the face of the wave of anti-Americanism that has swept the Arab world since the U.S. invasion of Iraq."<ref name=wapo2007/> Powell would later join the Advisory Council of the ].<ref name=connect>{{cite web |last=Troy |first=Tevi |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ivanka-trump-goldman-sachs-233234 |title=Ivanka Trump turns to Goldman Sachs partner for advice |date=January 5, 2017 |publisher=] |access-date=May 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517052308/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ivanka-trump-goldman-sachs-233234 |archive-date=May 17, 2017 }}</ref>


==Goldman Sachs== ==Goldman Sachs==
{{see also|Goldman Sachs Foundation}} {{see also|Goldman Sachs Foundation}}
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Powell joined ] in 2007 as a managing director,<ref name=wapo2007/> having been hired by ], a longtime Goldman figure with experience with past Republican administrations.<ref name=june/> Powell was then named partner in 2010,<ref name=partner>{{cite news | last = Carney | first = John | title = Partnership Day at Goldman Sachs! | website=] | date = November 17, 2010 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2010/11/17/partnership-day-at-goldman-sachs.html | access-date = September 11, 2015 | url-status = live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060312/http://www.cnbc.com/id/40237056 | archive-date = September 23, 2015 }}</ref><ref name=bi>Julia La Roche, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402081145/http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-dina-powell-2013-10 |date=April 2, 2017 }}, ], October 28, 2013.</ref> Powell has conceded that she joined Goldman Sachs despite having no background in the subject of finance, but has said that her entire career has been guided by the notion of not planning a lot but rather "just taking that leap of faith."<ref name=fortunate/>


Powell oversaw the firm's impact investing business and served as the president of the ] beginning in 2010.<ref>Jaquetta White, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709214828/http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2010/11/goldman_sachs_to_lend_20_milli.html |date=July 9, 2017 }}, ''The Times-Picayune'', November 22, 2010.</ref> This was in addition to her responsibilities as global head of the Office of Corporate Engagement and a member of the Goldman Sachs Partnership Committee.<ref name=worldbank>{{cite web | title = Dina Powell | website=World Bank Blogs | publisher= The World Bank | date = n.d. |url=http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/dina-powell | access-date = September 11, 2015 | url-status = live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906174515/http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/dina-powell | archive-date = September 6, 2015 }}</ref>
Powell joined ] in 2007 as a managing director,<ref name=wapo2007/> having been hired by ], a longtime Goldman figure with experience with past Republican administrations.<ref name=june/> Rodgers became her champion at the firm.<ref name=june/> Powell was then named partner in 2010,<ref name=partner>{{cite news | last = Carney | first = John | title = Partnership Day at Goldman Sachs! | website = CNBC NET NET | publisher = CNBC LLC | date = November 17, 2010 | url = https://www.cnbc.com/id/40237056 | accessdate = September 11, 2015 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060312/http://www.cnbc.com/id/40237056 | archivedate = September 23, 2015 | df = }}</ref> thus achieving one of the most highly sought-after prizes in American finance.<ref name=bi>Julia La Roche, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402081145/http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-dina-powell-2013-10 |date=April 2, 2017 }}, ], October 28, 2013.</ref> Powell has conceded that she joined Goldman Sachs despite having no background in the subject of finance, but has said that her entire career has been guided by the notion of not planning a lot but rather "just taking that leap of faith."<ref name=fortunate/>


As the leader of Goldman Sachs Impact Investing, Powell was responsible for a business with more than $4 billion in housing and community development investments across the United States.<ref>{{cite news | last = Rose-Smith | first = Imogen | title = An Urban Revival Grows in Brooklyn | magazine= Institutional Investor | location = Brooklyn, NY | pages = 64–70 | publisher= Institutional Investor LLC | date = March 10, 2015 |url=http://www.cenveomobile.com/i/470872-march-2015/67 | access-date = September 11, 2015 | url-status = dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923085815/http://www.cenveomobile.com/i/470872-march-2015/67 | archive-date = September 23, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Spielman |first=Fran |title=10,000 Small Businesses program thriving in Chicago |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |location=Chicago, Ill. |publisher=Sun Times Network |date=August 28, 2015 |url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/915390/10000-small-businesses-program-marks-fourth-anniversary-bang |access-date=September 11, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903000241/http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/915390/10000-small-businesses-program-marks-fourth-anniversary-bang |archive-date=September 3, 2015 }}</ref>
Powell oversaw the firm’s impact investing business and served as the president of the ] beginning in 2010.<ref>Jaquetta White, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709214828/http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2010/11/goldman_sachs_to_lend_20_milli.html |date=July 9, 2017 }}, ''The Times-Picayune'', November 22, 2010.</ref> This was in addition to her responsibilities as global head of the Office of Corporate Engagement and a member of the Goldman Sachs Partnership Committee.<ref name=worldbank>{{cite web | title = Dina Powell | website = World Bank Blogs | publisher = The World Bank | date = n.d. | url = http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/dina-powell | accessdate = September 11, 2015 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906174515/http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/dina-powell | archivedate = September 6, 2015 | df = }}</ref>


In her role as president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, Powell led one of the world's largest corporate foundations.<ref name=jobs>{{cite news | last = Kolhatkar | first = Sheelah | title = Goldman's Jobs Act | magazine= Bloomberg Businessweek | publisher=] | date = May 24, 2012 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-05-24/goldmans-jobs-act | access-date = September 11, 2015 | url-status = live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923085638/http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-05-24/goldmans-jobs-act | archive-date = September 23, 2015 }}</ref> Powell helped build and was responsible for all the Foundation's initiatives supporting and developing entrepreneurs around the world, including ] and ].<ref name=msfixit>{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/326436-meet-president-trumps-ms-fix-it/|title=Meet President Trump's Ms. Fix-It|last=Helfrich|first=Jesse|date=March 30, 2017|work=]|access-date=April 19, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331192908/http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/326436-meet-president-trumps-ms-fix-it|archive-date=March 31, 2017}} Note update at end of story regarding marital status.</ref> 10,000 Women provides women entrepreneurs in developing countries with business education, access to capital and mentors.<ref>{{cite news | last = White | first = Ben | title = A helping hand for women | newspaper=] | publisher= The Financial Times Limited | date = March 10, 2008 |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0893aecc-ee44-11dc-a5c1-0000779fd2ac.html?siteedition=intl | access-date = September 22, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Lawrence | first = Christopher | title = Dina Habib Powell Wants to Invest In Your Future | magazine= Marie Claire | publisher= Hearst Communications | date = August 18, 2014 |url=http://www.marieclaire.com/culture/news/a10529/dina-habib-powell-goldman-sachs-women-changing-the-world/ | access-date = September 11, 2015 | url-status = live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912123751/http://www.marieclaire.com/culture/news/a10529/dina-habib-powell-goldman-sachs-women-changing-the-world/ | archive-date = September 12, 2015 }}</ref> Under Powell, Goldman Sachs partnered with ] and ] to raise 600 million dollars, to provide access to capital for more than 100,000 women worldwide.<ref>{{cite press release | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line--> | title = OPIC Announces Plans to Join Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women and IFC in the Women Entrepreneurs Opportunity Facility, Committing $100 Million to Enable 100,000 Women to Access Capital |url=https://www.opic.gov/press-releases/2015/opic-announces-plans-join-goldman-sachs-10000-women-and-ifc-women-entrepreneurs-opportunity-facility-committ | publisher= OPIC | date = July 27, 2015 | access-date = September 16, 2015 | url-status = live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907135652/https://www.opic.gov/press-releases/2015/opic-announces-plans-join-goldman-sachs-10000-women-and-ifc-women-entrepreneurs-opportunity-facility-committ | archive-date = September 7, 2015 }}</ref> To realize this project, Powell worked closely with the State Department.<ref name=cnn3/>
As leader of Goldman Sachs Impact Investing, Powell was responsible for a business with more than $4 billion in housing and community development investments across the U.S.<ref>{{cite news | last = Rose-Smith | first = Imogen | title = An Urban Revival Grows in Brooklyn | magazine = Institutional Investor | location = Brooklyn, NY | pages = 64–70 | publisher = Institutional Investor LLC | date = March 10, 2015 | url = http://www.cenveomobile.com/i/470872-march-2015/67 | accessdate = September 11, 2015 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923085815/http://www.cenveomobile.com/i/470872-march-2015/67 | archivedate = September 23, 2015 | df = }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Spielman |first=Fran |title=10,000 Small Businesses program thriving in Chicago |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |location=Chicago, Ill. |publisher=Sun Times Network |date=August 28, 2015 |url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/915390/10000-small-businesses-program-marks-fourth-anniversary-bang |accessdate=September 11, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903000241/http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/915390/10000-small-businesses-program-marks-fourth-anniversary-bang |archivedate=September 3, 2015 |df= }}</ref>


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Powell also led Goldman Sachs Gives, a fund established in 2007 and structured as a vehicle to consolidate Goldman Sachs partners' charitable giving.<ref>{{cite news | last = Banjo | first = Shelly | title = Goldman to Donate $20 Million to Nonprofits | newspaper=] | publisher= Dow Jones & Co. | date = December 9, 2010 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704447604576007862191492624 | access-date = September 22, 2015 | url-status = live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923031736/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704447604576007862191492624 | archive-date = September 23, 2015 }}</ref>
In her role as president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, Powell led one of the world’s largest corporate foundations with over $500 million in assets.<ref name=jobs>{{cite news | last = Kolhatkar | first = Sheelah | title = Goldman’s Jobs Act | magazine = Bloomberg Businessweek | publisher = Bloomberg L.P. | date = May 24, 2012 | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-05-24/goldmans-jobs-act | accessdate = September 11, 2015 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923085638/http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-05-24/goldmans-jobs-act | archivedate = September 23, 2015 | df = }}</ref> Powell helped build and was responsible for all the Foundation’s initiatives supporting and developing entrepreneurs around the world, including ] and ].<ref name=msfixit>{{Cite news|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/326436-meet-president-trumps-ms-fix-it|title=Meet President Trump’s Ms. Fix-It|last=Helfrich|first=Jesse|date=March 30, 2017|work=TheHill|access-date=April 19, 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331192908/http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/326436-meet-president-trumps-ms-fix-it|archivedate=March 31, 2017|df=}}</ref> 10,000 Women provides women entrepreneurs in developing countries with business education, access to capital and mentors.<ref>{{cite news | last = White | first = Ben | title = A helping hand for women | newspaper = Financial Times | publisher = The Financial Times Limited | date = March 10, 2008 | url = http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0893aecc-ee44-11dc-a5c1-0000779fd2ac.html?siteedition=intl#axzz3mUqmgdEH | accessdate = September 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Lawrence | first = Christopher | title = Dina Habib Powell Wants to Invest In Your Future | magazine = Marie Claire | publisher = Hearst Communications | date = August 18, 2014 | url = http://www.marieclaire.com/culture/news/a10529/dina-habib-powell-goldman-sachs-women-changing-the-world/ | accessdate = September 11, 2015 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150912123751/http://www.marieclaire.com/culture/news/a10529/dina-habib-powell-goldman-sachs-women-changing-the-world/ | archivedate = September 12, 2015 | df = }}</ref> Under Powell, Goldman Sachs partnered with ] and ] to raise 600 million dollars, to provide access to capital for more than 100,000 women worldwide.<ref>{{cite press release | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line--> | title = OPIC Announces Plans to Join Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women and IFC in the Women Entrepreneurs Opportunity Facility, Committing $100 Million to Enable 100,000 Women to Access Capital | url = https://www.opic.gov/press-releases/2015/opic-announces-plans-join-goldman-sachs-10000-women-and-ifc-women-entrepreneurs-opportunity-facility-committ | publisher = OPIC | date = July 27, 2015 | accessdate = September 16, 2015 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150907135652/https://www.opic.gov/press-releases/2015/opic-announces-plans-join-goldman-sachs-10000-women-and-ifc-women-entrepreneurs-opportunity-facility-committ | archivedate = September 7, 2015 | df = }}</ref> To realize this project, Powell worked closely with the State Department.<ref name=cnn3/>


During her time at Goldman Sachs, Powell joined the boards of directors or trustees of ]'s Social Enterprise Initiative,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise/about/Pages/advisory-board.aspx |title=Advisory Board – Social Enterprise – Harvard Business School |website=Hbs.edu |access-date=May 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328180629/http://www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise/about/Pages/advisory-board.aspx |archive-date=March 28, 2017 }}</ref> the ],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mohamed-elbaradei-dina-powell-mohamed-abughazaleh-lisa-anderson-named-as-auc-trustees-57799197.html |title=Mohamed ElBaradei, Dina Powell, Mohamed Abughazaleh, Lisa Anderson Named as AUC Trustees |agency=PR Newswire |date=October 22, 2007 |access-date=May 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327075743/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mohamed-elbaradei-dina-powell-mohamed-abughazaleh-lisa-anderson-named-as-auc-trustees-57799197.html |archive-date=March 27, 2017 }}</ref> the ],<ref name=aspen>{{cite web |url=http://csreports.aspeninstitute.org/m/Dialogue-on-Diplomacy-and-Technology/2014/participants/details/75/dina-powell |title=Dina Powell – Goldman Sachs – Global Head of Corporate Engagement and Head of Urban Investment Group |website=Csreports.aspeninstitute.org |access-date=May 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327165628/http://csreports.aspeninstitute.org/m/Dialogue-on-Diplomacy-and-Technology/2014/participants/details/75/dina-powell |archive-date=March 27, 2017 }}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/diane-von-furstenberg-among-five-new-directors-of-vital-voices-global-partnership-59871337.html|title=Diane Von Furstenberg Among Five new Directors of Vital Voices Global Partnership|first=Vital Voices Global|last=Partnership|agency=PR Newswire|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519205026/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/diane-von-furstenberg-among-five-new-directors-of-vital-voices-global-partnership-59871337.html|archive-date=May 19, 2017}}</ref> and the ].<ref name=aspen/> Powell is listed as a member of the ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=P |title=Membership Roster – Council on Foreign Relations |website=Cfr.org |access-date=May 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417100356/http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=P |archive-date=April 17, 2017 }}</ref> and a member of the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://trilateral.org/download/files/membership/TC_list_1_17.pdf |title=The Trilateral Commission |website=Trilateral.org |access-date=May 5, 2017 |archive-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828050535/http://trilateral.org/download/files/membership/TC_list_1_17.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Powell has worked with Democrats such as ] advisors ] and ].<ref name="politico.com">{{cite web |last=Troy |first=Tevi |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/dina-powell-goldman-sachs-joins-trump-233476 |title=Goldman Sachs partner to join Trump administration |date=January 11, 2017 |publisher=] |access-date=May 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703130846/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/dina-powell-goldman-sachs-joins-trump-233476 |archive-date=July 3, 2017 }}</ref>
Goldman's 10,000 Small Businesses, which was co-chaired by ], ], ] and ] of ], supports the growth and expansion of small business in the U.S. and UK.<ref>{{cite news | last = McGill Murphy | first = Richard | title = Goldman Sachs's gift to 10,000 small businesses | magazine = ] | publisher = Time Inc. | date = January 18, 2011 | url = http://archive.fortune.com/2011/01/17/smallbusiness/goldman_sachs_entrepreneurs.fortune/index.htm | accessdate = September 22, 2015 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070041/http://archive.fortune.com/2011/01/17/smallbusiness/goldman_sachs_entrepreneurs.fortune/index.htm | archivedate = March 4, 2016 | df = }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Walsh | first = Tom | title = Buffett, Bloomberg, Goldman add star power to graduation | newspaper = Detroit Free Press | publisher = Gannett | date = September 18, 2014 | url = http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/columnists/tom-walsh/2014/09/18/goldman-sachs-lloyd-blankfein/15796779/ | accessdate = September 22, 2015 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923065945/http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/columnists/tom-walsh/2014/09/18/goldman-sachs-lloyd-blankfein/15796779/ | archivedate = September 23, 2015 | df = }}</ref> When asked why he decided to participate, Warren Buffett said. "In a very, very nice way, gets all the rest of us to work quite hard."<ref name=jobs/> Part of Goldman Sachs' rationale for these two publicized programs was to repair its image following the ].<ref name=deal/>


==Trump administration==
Earning a salary of $2 million as president of the foundation, Powell engendered some disapproving comments within the firm from those who thought the pay package too large given she was not an earner.<ref name=deal>Susanne Craig, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625121156/https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/dealbook/2013/10/26/goldman-sachs-buying-redemption/?referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fgoldman-sachs-dina-powell-2013-10 |date=June 25, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', October 26, 2013.</ref> However, her compensation was in line with those top people in other high-monied charities.<ref name=deal/> For 2016 and the very beginning of 2017 she had $6.2 million in earnings from the firm.<ref name=assets>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-01/all-the-president-s-millionaires-trump-staffers-disclose-assets|title=All the President's Millionaires: Trump Aides Unveil Assets|date=April 1, 2017|publisher=|via=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref> Her total assets by early 2017 were in the range of $6 million to $19 million.<ref name =assets />
===Senior advisor===
Powell had no relationship with the incoming President or his family until after the ].<ref name =fortunate/> Powell received a call from ], who was interested in the metrics by which the success of 10,000 Women had been judged.<ref name=posting/><ref name =june/> She thus became involved with the incoming administration's transition period, particularly with regard to the empowerment of women and girls and the potential of female entrepreneurship.<ref name=cnni/>


Starting January 20, 2017, Powell began serving as ]. In doing so she became one of the few Bush administration officials to join this new administration.<ref name=apfoz>{{Cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/1a83f83c9e214984b9d01783dd3bc875|title=Who's Dina Powell? A rising Trump national security figure|work=]|access-date=April 19, 2017|author=Catherine Lucey|date=April 13, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426152627/https://apnews.com/1a83f83c9e214984b9d01783dd3bc875|archive-date=April 26, 2017}}</ref> Powell relocated from New York City to Washington as part of taking this job.<ref name=rolo>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/dina-powell-ivanka-trump-234830|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416125804/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/dina-powell-ivanka-trump-234830|url-status=live|title=Power breakfast at the Four Seasons: Political players, CEOs, and Ivanka|first=Annie|last=Karni|date=February 9, 2017|archivedate=April 16, 2017|website=POLITICO}}</ref> Powell intended to only join the administration for one year.<ref name=effed>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/dina-powell-graceful-exit-follows-months-of-quiet-concerns?intcid=inline_amp|title="When Should I Leave?": Dina Powell's Graceful Exit Follows Months of Quiet Concerns|first=Gabriel|last=Sherman|website=] |date=December 8, 2017 }}</ref> As part of this change of path she became divested of her interest in Goldman Sachs.<ref name=assets>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-01/all-the-president-s-millionaires-trump-staffers-disclose-assets|title=All the President's Millionaires: Trump Aides Unveil Assets|date=April 1, 2017|publisher=]}}</ref>
Powell has both supporters and detractors from her time at the firm, with some regarding her as a quite capable leader in the areas she was involved in with others viewing her as "content lite" for her lack of financial knowledge.<ref name=june/> Said one of her former colleagues: "The most remarkable thing about Dina Powell is that she can manage up better than anybody I’ve ever seen in my entire life. I believe managing up is when you are able to get the people whom you work for to think you are unbelievably good and competent at what you do."<ref name=june/> A former Goldman partner said, "Her gift is that she’s incredibly politically astute. She is an incredible worker of people and relationships, and she is that type of person where, if you come into the room and Dina wants to make you feel like you’re important or whatever, you are going to feel it. She is very effective at that, and the exterior package is really well put together. So she plays the part extremely well...."<ref name=june/> Rogers has said in response to these chacterizations: "She wasn’t in the revenue-producing area of the firm, so maybe some people here were jealous of her accomplishments. But I’ll say I know a lot of other people apply standards to her that they never would apply to a man. That’s just a fact.”<ref name=june/>


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Powell also led Goldman Sachs Gives, a donor-advised fund through which the firm's current and retired partners can recommend grants in support of communities around the world. Goldman Sachs Gives was established in 2007 and structured as a vehicle to consolidate Goldman Sachs partners’ charitable giving.<ref>{{cite news | last = Banjo | first = Shelly | title = Goldman to Donate $20 Million to Nonprofits | newspaper = The Wall Street Journal | publisher = Dow Jones & Co. | date = December 9, 2010 | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704447604576007862191492624 | accessdate = September 22, 2015 | deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923031736/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704447604576007862191492624 | archivedate = September 23, 2015 | df = }}</ref>
Powell led a joint American-Canadian program to advance the role of women in business,<ref name=cnn3/> making reference to what was formally called the United States-Canada Council for the Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders.<ref name=Vogue/> This effort involved Canadian Prime Minister ] as well.<ref name=en>Patricia Garcia, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421092011/http://www.vogue.com/article/dina-powell-trump-influence-trump-white-house |date=April 21, 2017 }}, ''Vogue'', April 19, 2017.</ref> Another Powell endeavor involved a listening session on the related topics of domestic and international human trafficking.<ref name=en/>


Powell was visible outside that scope of her role when she was part of a meeting between the president and the Saudi defense minister ].<ref name=nytnsc/> She subsequently shared responsibility for overseeing a $200 billion amount of U.S.-Saudi arms deals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-announce-saudi-arms-deal-during-his-first-foreign-trip/|title=Trump to announce Saudi arms deal during his first foreign trip|website=] |date=May 17, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602044432/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-announce-saudi-arms-deal-during-his-first-foreign-trip/|archive-date=June 2, 2017}}</ref> She continued to assist Ivanka Trump.<ref name=rolo/> Powell's network of contacts in the financial, corporate, and governmental worlds was considered a valuable asset for the new administration<ref name=vauxhall>{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Timothy B. |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/4/14/15209072/steve-bannon-trump-kushner-globalists |title=The White House power struggle between Steve Bannon and the "globalists," explained |publisher=] |date=April 14, 2017 |access-date=May 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505110546/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/4/14/15209072/steve-bannon-trump-kushner-globalists |archive-date=May 5, 2017 }}</ref> and she assisted in a few of the early hires.<ref name =rolo/>
During her time at Goldman Sachs, Powell joined the boards of directors or trustees of the ]'s Social Enterprise Initiative,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise/about/Pages/advisory-board.aspx |title=Advisory Board - Social Enterprise - Harvard Business School |website=Hbs.edu |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328180629/http://www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise/about/Pages/advisory-board.aspx |archivedate=March 28, 2017 |df= }}</ref> the ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mohamed-elbaradei-dina-powell-mohamed-abughazaleh-lisa-anderson-named-as-auc-trustees-57799197.html |title=Mohamed ElBaradei, Dina Powell, Mohamed Abughazaleh, Lisa Anderson Named as AUC Trustees |website=Prnewswire.com |date=October 22, 2007 |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327075743/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mohamed-elbaradei-dina-powell-mohamed-abughazaleh-lisa-anderson-named-as-auc-trustees-57799197.html |archivedate=March 27, 2017 |df= }}</ref> the ],<ref name=aspen>{{cite web |url=http://csreports.aspeninstitute.org/m/Dialogue-on-Diplomacy-and-Technology/2014/participants/details/75/dina-powell |title=Dina Powell - Goldman Sachs - Global Head of Corporate Engagement and Head of Urban Investment Group |website=Csreports.aspeninstitute.org |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327165628/http://csreports.aspeninstitute.org/m/Dialogue-on-Diplomacy-and-Technology/2014/participants/details/75/dina-powell |archivedate=March 27, 2017 |df= }}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/diane-von-furstenberg-among-five-new-directors-of-vital-voices-global-partnership-59871337.html|title=Diane Von Furstenberg Among Five new Directors of Vital Voices Global Partnership|first=Vital Voices Global|last=Partnership|website=www.prnewswire.com|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519205026/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/diane-von-furstenberg-among-five-new-directors-of-vital-voices-global-partnership-59871337.html|archivedate=May 19, 2017|df=}}</ref> and the ].<ref name=aspen/> Dina Habib Powell is listed as a member of the ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=P |title=Membership Roster - Council on Foreign Relations |website=Cfr.org |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417100356/http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=P |archivedate=April 17, 2017 |df= }}</ref> and a member of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trilateral.org/download/files/membership/TC_list_1_17.pdf |format=PDF |title=THE TRILATERAL COMMISSION |website=Trilateral.org |accessdate=May 5, 2017}}</ref>


Even after being appointed deputy national security advisor in March 2017, Powell still spent 20 percent of her time in this, her initial role.<ref name=june/>
Powell has worked productively with Democrats such as Obama administration advisors ] and ].<ref name="politico.com">{{cite web |last=Troy |first=Tevi |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/dina-powell-goldman-sachs-joins-trump-233476 |title=Goldman Sachs partner to join Trump administration |publisher=Politico |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703130846/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/dina-powell-goldman-sachs-joins-trump-233476 |archivedate=July 3, 2017 |df= }}</ref> A number of other Democrats are on good terms with her as well.<ref name="politico.com"/> Publisher and progressive voice ] has spoken highly of Powell.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mobile.twitter.com/ariannahuff/status/819299291760050195 |title=Twitter |website=Mobile.twitter.com |date=January 11, 2017 |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518114553/https://mobile.twitter.com/ariannahuff/status/819299291760050195 |archivedate=May 18, 2017 |df= }}</ref>


In June 2017, Powell was a key advisor on a trip to Canada to improve economic issues with the nation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/09/u-s-readying-plans-and-backup-plans-if-debt-ceiling-isnt-raised-soon-mnuchin-says/|title=U.S. readying 'plans and backup plans' if debt ceiling isn't raised soon, Mnuchin says|newspaper=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609231708/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/09/u-s-readying-plans-and-backup-plans-if-debt-ceiling-isnt-raised-soon-mnuchin-says/|archive-date=June 9, 2017}}</ref>
==Trump administration==
===Senior advisor===
Powell had no relationship with the incoming President or his family until after the shocking result of the ].<ref name =fortunate/> Then, by Powell's account and some others, she got an out-of-nowhere call from ], who was interested in the metrics by which the success of 10,000 Women had been judged.<ref name=posting/><ref name =june/> She thus became involved with the incoming administration's transition period, particularly with regard to the empowerment of women and girls and the potentialities of female entrepreneurship.<ref name=cnni>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/politics/who-is-dina-powell/|title=Meet Dina Powell, Ivanka Trump's woman in the White House|last=Klein|first=Betsy|date=January 11, 2017|publisher=CNN|accessdate=January 11, 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112182452/http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/politics/who-is-dina-powell/|archivedate=January 12, 2017|df=}}</ref><ref name=en>Patricia Garcia, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421092011/http://www.vogue.com/article/dina-powell-trump-influence-trump-white-house |date=April 21, 2017 }}, ''Vogue'', April 19, 2017.</ref> By another accounting, the two may have been connected through hedge fund manager ].<ref name=connect>{{cite web |last=Troy |first=Tevi |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ivanka-trump-goldman-sachs-233234 |title=Ivanka Trump turns to Goldman Sachs partner for advice |publisher=Politico |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517052308/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ivanka-trump-goldman-sachs-233234 |archivedate=May 17, 2017 |df= }}</ref> By a third account, cable television host ] played the key role, taking Powell to ] and introducing her to both Ivanka and Ivanka's father, as part of what Brzezinski later said was an effort on her part to elevate the quality of people and ideas the incoming executive was coming in contact with.<ref name=fixation>Jim Rutenberg, "'Morning Joe' Row Underscores Cable TV Fixation," New York Times, July 1, 2017. p. A13</ref> Regardless, Powell quickly became one of Ivanka's most trusted advisors;<ref name=fortunate>{{cite web |url=http://fortune.com/2017/04/27/ivanka-trump-dina-powell-3/ |title=Ivanka Trump: How She Met Goldman Sachs Partner Dina Powell |website=Fortune.com |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508105851/http://fortune.com/2017/04/27/ivanka-trump-dina-powell-3/ |archivedate=May 8, 2017 |df= }}</ref> the ''New York Times'' called Powell the first daughter's "all-around guide in the administration."<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jodi Kantor |author2=Rachel Abrams |author3=Maggie Haberman |url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/us/politics/ivanka-trump.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=dina+powell&FORM=HDRSC4&PC=APPL |title=Ivanka Trump Has the President’s Ear. Here’s Her Agenda. |website=Mobile.nytimes.com |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813005414/https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/us/politics/ivanka-trump.html?_r=0&referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fnews%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Ddina+powell&FORM=HDRSC4&PC=APPL |archivedate=August 13, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>


Powell was on the ] for ] to replace ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/02/trump-female-advisers-conway-powell-sanders-241231|title=In Trump's White House, the women are the survivors|website=] |date=August 2, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802113925/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/02/trump-female-advisers-conway-powell-sanders-241231|archive-date=August 2, 2017}}</ref> Ivanka and her husband were pushing for Powell.<ref name="3authors"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804014332/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/us/politics/trump-white-house-obamacare-health.html|date=August 4, 2017 }}, three authors, ''The New York Times'' July 31, 2017.</ref> Reportedly the president was happy with Powell's performance so far and considered the idea, but in July 2017 chose ] and former General ].<ref name="3authors"/>
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===National Security Council===
Starting January 20, 2017, Powell began serving as ]. In doing so she became one of the few Bush administration officials to join this new administration.<ref name =apfoz/> Powell relocated from New York City to Washington as part of taking this job.<ref name=rolo> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416125804/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/dina-powell-ivanka-trump-234830 |date=April 16, 2017 }}</ref> As part of this change of path she became divested of her interest in Goldman Sachs.<ref name=assets/> In the White House position she earns a salary of $179,700,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/30/trump-white-house-salaries-240149|title=White House releases salary info for Trump's aides|publisher=|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702052407/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/30/trump-white-house-salaries-240149|archivedate=July 2, 2017|df=}}</ref> the highest level wage in the White House.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsweek.com/white-house-women-suffer-wider-gender-pay-gap-national-average-631120?amp=1 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=July 4, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703225134/http://www.newsweek.com/white-house-women-suffer-wider-gender-pay-gap-national-average-631120?amp=1 |archivedate=July 3, 2017 |df= }}</ref>
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On March 15, 2017, Powell was named to the post of Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy,<ref name=cbspro/> all the while retaining her economic position as well.<ref name=polboth>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/dina-powell-national-security-236110 |title=Dina Powell to be named Trump's deputy national security adviser |date=March 15, 2017 |access-date=April 10, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317233257/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/dina-powell-national-security-236110 |archive-date=March 17, 2017 | publisher=] }}</ref><ref name=APfox>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/whos-dina-powell-a-rising-trump-national-security-figure/ |title=Who's Dina Powell? A rising Trump national security figure |date=April 13, 2017 |publisher=] |access-date=May 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517025904/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/13/who-dina-powell-rising-trump-national-security-figure.html |archive-date=May 17, 2017 }}</ref><ref name=apfoz/> The impetus for this assignment came from the recently named national security advisor, ], who himself was responding to people outside the administration suggesting her name.<ref name=fixation>Jim Rutenberg, "'Morning Joe' Row Underscores Cable TV Fixation," New York Times, July 1, 2017. p. A13</ref>
In this governmental role, Powell led a joint American-Canadian program to advance the role of women in business,<ref name=cnn3/> making reference to what was formally called the ].<ref name=en/> This efforting involved Canadian Prime Minister ] as well.<ref name=en/> Another Powell involvement involved a listening session on the related topics of domestic and international human trafficking.<ref name=en/>


In April 2017 ''The New York Times'' labeled Powell a "rising star" in the national security establishment,<ref name=table>David E. Sanger, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805100744/https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/us/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-room-syria-strike.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0&referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Ddina+powell+%22rising+star%22&form=APIPH1&PC=APPL |date=August 5, 2017 }}, '']'', April 7, 2017.</ref> an appellation echoed by '']'',<ref name=en/> while the Associated Press wrote that "Dina Powell has quietly established herself as a White House power."<ref name=apfoz/> Additionally, ''The Washington Post'' wrote that "she is one of the most interesting figures in the new administration."<ref name=posting>{{cite news |last=Heil |first=Emily |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/04/27/when-dina-met-ivanka-how-a-goldman-sachs-exec-came-to-the-white-house/ |title=When Dina met Ivanka: How a Goldman Sachs exec came to the White House |newspaper=] |access-date=May 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428072224/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/04/27/when-dina-met-ivanka-how-a-goldman-sachs-exec-came-to-the-white-house/ |archive-date=April 28, 2017 }}</ref> In part this level of attention was because in that month, McMaster elevated the Deputy for Strategy position to a higher role within the NSC, meaning that Powell came to attend both the Principals Committee and ].<ref name=mcfout>{{cite news |last=Phillip |first=Abby |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/04/09/deputy-national-security-adviser-k-t-mcfarland-to-leave-national-security-council-post/ |title=Deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland to leave National Security Council post |newspaper=] |access-date=May 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505191721/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/04/09/deputy-national-security-adviser-k-t-mcfarland-to-leave-national-security-council-post/ |archive-date=May 5, 2017 }}</ref><ref name=apfoz/> For her part, Powell assisted McMaster in his development of working relationships with various members of the Cabinet.<ref name=postal>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-fight-over-trumps-afghan-policy-has-become-an-argument-over-the-meaning-of-america-first/2017/08/04/f2790c80-785f-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html|title=National security adviser attempts to reconcile Trump's competing impulses on Afghanistan|newspaper=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805011824/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-fight-over-trumps-afghan-policy-has-become-an-argument-over-the-meaning-of-america-first/2017/08/04/f2790c80-785f-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html|archive-date=August 5, 2017}}</ref> In addition, Powell attempted to guide McMaster on the best ways to have useful interchanges with the chief executive himself.<ref name =postal/>
Powell was visible outside that scope of her role per se when she was part of a meeting between the chief executive and Saudi defense minister ].<ref name=nytnsc/> She subsequently shared responsibility for overseeing a $200 billion worths amount of U.S.-Saudi deals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-announce-saudi-arms-deal-during-his-first-foreign-trip/|title=Trump to announce Saudi arms deal during his first foreign trip|publisher=|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602044432/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-announce-saudi-arms-deal-during-his-first-foreign-trip/|archivedate=June 2, 2017|df=}}</ref> She continued to assist Ivanka, in particular in introducing her to the politically connected including some of the just defeated.<ref name=rolo/> Powell's network of contacts in the financial, corporate, and governmental worlds proved a valuable asset for the new administration<ref name=vauxhall/> and she assisted in a few of the early hires.<ref name =rolo/> Another such hire in late April 2017 was for a chief-of-staff for Ivanka, that being someone Powell knew from 10,000 Women.<ref name=polivanka>{{cite web |last=Troy |first=Tevi |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/21/julie-radford-chief-of-staff-ivanka-trump-237454 |title=Ivanka Trump adds a chief of staff |publisher=Politico |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426130353/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/21/julie-radford-chief-of-staff-ivanka-trump-237454 |archivedate=April 26, 2017 |df= }}</ref> Powell commented regarding Ivanka's staff, "We’re all one team. We all work on these initiatives together."<ref name=polivanka/>


Regarding the May 2017 report of a ], during which Powell was present in the room, she stated: "This story is false."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/trump-disclosed-secrets-russia-washington-post-170515222926350.html|title=Trump disclosed secrets to Russia: Washington Post|publisher=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516031138/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/trump-disclosed-secrets-russia-washington-post-170515222926350.html|archive-date=May 16, 2017}}</ref> However this soon-to-be infamous, unannounced meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister ] and Ambassador ] was as it happened where Trump was later revealed to have disclosed Israeli intelligence.<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller |first=Greg |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html |title=Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador |newspaper=] |date=2017-05-15 |access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref> While she dissembled to cover up the president's error, he later admitted to having revealed these secrets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/trump-throws-dina-powell-under-the-russia-bus|title=Trump Throws a New Set of Staffers Under the Bus|first=Maya|last=Kosoff|website=] |date=May 16, 2017 |access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref>
Even after being appointed deputy national security advisor in March 2017, Powell still spends 20 percent of her time in this, her initial role.<ref name=june/>


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In June 2017, Powell was a key advisor on a trip to Canada to iron out economic issues with that nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/09/u-s-readying-plans-and-backup-plans-if-debt-ceiling-isnt-raised-soon-mnuchin-says/|title=U.S. readying ‘plans and backup plans’ if debt ceiling isn’t raised soon, Mnuchin says|website=Washington Post|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609231708/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/09/u-s-readying-plans-and-backup-plans-if-debt-ceiling-isnt-raised-soon-mnuchin-says/|archivedate=June 9, 2017|df=}}</ref>
She was among the top officials escorting the chief executive on ], which in May 2017 started with a two-day stay in Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nsg-italia.com/2017/05/06/trump-to-embark-on-maiden-visit-to-vatican-israel-saudi.html|title=Trump to embark on maiden visit to Vatican, Israel, Saudi Arabia|website=nsg-italia.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506070001/http://nsg-italia.com/2017/05/06/trump-to-embark-on-maiden-visit-to-vatican-israel-saudi.html|archive-date=May 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/17/politics/trump-foreign-trip-overshadowed/index.html|title=Trump's foreign trip now bogged in White House crises|first=Kevin|last=Liptak|publisher=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520004703/http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/17/politics/trump-foreign-trip-overshadowed/index.html|archive-date=May 20, 2017}}</ref> She had been heavily involved in the planning for the Middle Eastern portion of the trip.<ref name =june/> She was involved in several negotiations with Middle Eastern parties, where she was sometimes the only woman at the table.<ref name=politico17/> She also ensured that one of the headliner speeches made reference to ].<ref name=politico17/> Powell's prior experience in government and her set of contacts in the Arab world played a key role in making the first part of the trip a successful venture, and she had done some of advance work prior to the trip.<ref name=politico17>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/23/donald-trump-middle-east-visit-238733 |title=How Trump's aides pulled off Middle East tour |website=] |date=May 23, 2017 |access-date=May 26, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524060231/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/23/donald-trump-middle-east-visit-238733 |archive-date=May 24, 2017 }}</ref>


Powell was one of the key figures in securing the release of Egyptian aid worker ].<ref name=fortunate/> In July 2017, she was one of those accompanying on the trip to Poland and Germany en toward the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/06/playbook-donald-trump-poland-russian-interference-240253|title=What Trump will say in his big speech in Europe|website=] |date=July 6, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807073412/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/06/playbook-donald-trump-poland-russian-interference-240253|archive-date=August 7, 2017}}</ref>
Powell was on the ] for ] to replace ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/02/trump-female-advisers-conway-powell-sanders-241231|title=In Trump’s White House, the women are the survivors|publisher=|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802113925/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/02/trump-female-advisers-conway-powell-sanders-241231|archivedate=August 2, 2017|df=}}</ref> In fact, it was Ivanka and her husband who were pushing for Powell to be so anointed.<ref name="3authors"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804014332/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/us/politics/trump-white-house-obamacare-health.html?_r=0 |date=August 4, 2017 }}, three authors, ''The New York Times'' July 31, 2017.</ref> Reportedly the chief executive was happy with Powell's performance so far and considered the idea, but in July 2017 chose ] and former General ].<ref name="3authors"/>
She then went to the Middle East on the next ] peace process trip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jared-kushner-to-return-to-israel-arab-states-for-peace-deal-negotiations/article/2631280|title=Jared Kushner to return to Israel, Arab states for peace deal negotiations|first=Gabby|last=Morrongiello|date=August 11, 2017 }}</ref> This took place in late August 2017 and also made the involvement of envoy ].<ref name=trek>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-kushner-middle-east-peace-talks-deal-israel-palestine-2017-8|title=Jared Kushner visited the Middle East this week to revive peace talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders – here's how it unfolded|website=] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903071451/http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-kushner-middle-east-peace-talks-deal-israel-palestine-2017-8|archive-date=September 3, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> By this time the likes of Bannon and Gorka were gone from the White House while Powell was still an ascendant force there.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/06/trump_loyalists_fume_as_outsiders_gain_sway_at_wh_134921.amp.html|title=Trump Loyalists Fume as WH Sway Diminishes|website=realclearpolitics.com|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> The trip was viewed positively within the Administration, which continued to think that an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal was achievable.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/18/donald-trump-meets-benjamin-netanyahu-new-york-say/|title=Donald Trump meets Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, says there's 'good chance' for Middle East peace|newspaper=] |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> This was followed by a secret trip to the Middle East made by Kushner, Powell, and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/jared-kushner-trump-officials-made-secret-visit-saudi-arabia-695859?amp=1|title=Jared Kushner made a secret visit to Saudi Arabia last week|date=October 30, 2017|website=]|access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jg-tc.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/jared-kushner-traveled-unannounced-to-saudi-arabia/article_ce90a984-413e-51b8-978c-535de93478e5.html|title=Jared Kushner traveled unannounced to Saudi Arabia|author1=Kevin Bohn |author2=Maegan Vazquez|agency=]|website=JG-TC.com|access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref> By November 2017 she was part of a "core four" drafting a plan for a comprehensive Middle East peace, along with Kushner, Greenblatt, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel ].<ref name=draft>{{cite news|url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/11/world/middleeast/trump-peace-israel-palestinians.html?action=click&module=Top+Stories&pgtype=Homepage|title=Trump Team Begins Drafting Middle East Peace Plan|website=]|date=November 11, 2017|access-date=December 10, 2017|last1=Baker|first1=Peter}}</ref> Given that the other three were ] with various ties to Israel, Powell was the only native-born Egyptian.<ref name =draft/>


A major accomplishment of Powell in December 2017, was the completion of the administration's ].<ref name =poligo >{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/08/dina-powell-leaving-white-house-287289|title=Powell to leave White House in early 2018|website=]|date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref> She worked on it intensively with McMaster and senior NSC staffer ].<ref name=paper>{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/scoop-trump-approves-national-security-strategy-2514637164.html|title=Scoop: Trump approves National Security Strategy|website=]|date=December 3, 2017 |access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref> In doing so they talked with numerous national security experts and stakeholders as well as gaining the buy-in of Cabinet-level officials.<ref name="paper"/>
Making reference to the fallout from the ] and ]-led August 2017 ] in ], Powell was reportedly quite upset by the chief executive's rhetoric and performance.<ref name=nowalk>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/17/trump-aides-no-resignations-charlottesville-241759|title=White House aides squirm at Trump’s rhetoric but stay put|publisher=|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818021957/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/17/trump-aides-no-resignations-charlottesville-241759|archivedate=August 18, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-17/cohn-is-said-to-remain-in-trump-white-house-economic-post|title=Cohn to Remain in White House Economic Post, Official Says|publisher=|via=www.bloomberg.com|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826031051/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-17/cohn-is-said-to-remain-in-trump-white-house-economic-post|archivedate=August 26, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> But she had no immediate plans to effectuate a departure; in the paraphrasing words of Politico, she and McMaster "told people it is too serious and dangerous a moment in the world for them to simply walk away."<ref name=nowalk/> Meanwhile she continued being part of the faction system in the White House in particular in relation to Bannonist economic policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://amp.ft.com/content/3955bb0a-8367-11e7-a4ce-15b2513cb3ff|title=Steve Bannon and Gary Cohn in White House power struggle|website=amp.ft.com}}</ref> Her reportedly "tense" relationship with Bannon came to an end on August 18, when Bannon was ousted.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/18/bannon-out-as-white-house-chief-strategist-241786 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2017-08-18 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818195927/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/18/bannon-out-as-white-house-chief-strategist-241786 |archivedate=August 18, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>


===Departure===
===National Security Council===
On December 8, 2017, it was announced that Powell would be leaving the administration in early 2018,<ref name="foxed"/><ref name="poligo"/> subsequently elaborated to be after a delayed vice presidential trip to the Middle East had been initiated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/white-house-tells-aides-to-decide-whether-theyre-staying-in-2018/|title=White House tells aides to decide whether they're staying in 2018|website=] |date=January 9, 2018 }}</ref> Powell planned to return to her life in New York,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/12/08/trump-senior-aide-dina-powell-to-resign-early-next-year/23301783/|title=Trump senior aide Dina Powell to resign early next year|first=AOL|last=Staff|website=AOL.com|date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref> with a goal of spending more time with her family.<ref name="wapogo"/>
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White House spokesperson ] stated that Powell is a "trusted advisor", said that Powell had only ever planned to stay for a year, and indicated that Powell would "continue to support the President's agenda and work on Middle East policy."<ref name="foxed"/>
On March 15, 2017, Powell was named to the post of Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy,<ref name=cbspro/> all the while retaining her economic position as well, although the NSC one was expected to be the most major in terms of time served.<ref name=polboth>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/dina-powell-national-security-236110 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=April 10, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317233257/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/dina-powell-national-security-236110 |archivedate=March 17, 2017 |df= | publisher=Politico }}</ref><ref name=APfox/><ref name=apfoz/> The impetus for this assignment came from the recently named national security advisor, ], who himself was responding to people outside the administration suggesting her name.<ref name=fixation/> In this new role she was seen as a likely rival to the existing Deputy, former commentator ].<ref name=cnn3>{{cite web |last=Merica |first=Dan |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/politics/dina-powell-nsc-ivanka-trump/index.html |title=Dina Powell moves from working with Ivanka Trump to NSC - CNNPolitics.com |website=Cnn.com |date=March 17, 2017 |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523031356/http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/politics/dina-powell-nsc-ivanka-trump/index.html |archivedate=May 23, 2017 |df= }}</ref> It was expected that her brief would focus on fostering inter-agency cooperation, but how her lack of a national security background, and the fact that her past administration experiences that revolved around the use of ] would play out in a new administration dedicated to the use of ], was unclear.<ref name=cnn3/>


Four administration officials indicated that the decision to leave really was hers.<ref name="wapogo">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dina-powell-deputy-national-security-adviser-to-depart-trump-white-house/2017/12/08/85d8c9ea-dc31-11e7-a841-2066faf731ef_story.html|title=Dina Powell, deputy national security adviser, to depart Trump White House|first1=Philip|last1=Rucker|first2=Josh|last2=Dawsey|date=December 8, 2017|access-date=December 10, 2017|via=The Washington Post}}</ref> Several officials viewed her departure as a significant loss for the White House.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/363970-wapo-dina-powell-leaving-white-house/amp/|title=Dina Powell leaving Trump White House|first=Max|last=Greenwood|date=December 8, 2017|website=]|access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref> NSC staffer ] was chosen to replace Powell.<ref name="nadia">{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/21/nadia-schadlow-national-security-council-mcmaster-353587|title=McMaster makes his pick to replace Powell on the NSC|website=] |date=January 21, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref>
Within the White House factional battles between the forces of ], which included the likes of ] and ], against those of ], Powell was seen as aligned with the relative moderates, those being Kushner, Ivanka, and fellow Goldman Sachs figure ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/us/politics/stephen-bannon-white-house.html?nytmobile=0|title=In Battle for Trump’s Heart and Mind, It’s Bannon vs. Kushner|first1=Maggie|last1=Haberman|first2=Jeremy W.|last2=Peters|first3=Peter|last3=Baker|newspaper=]|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625120008/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/us/politics/stephen-bannon-white-house.html?nytmobile=0|archivedate=June 25, 2017|df=}}</ref><ref name =drum/><ref name =hillno/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nypost.com/2017/08/10/inside-the-warring-factions-of-trumps-white-house/|title=Inside the warring factions of Trump’s White House|first1=Marisa|last1=Schultz|first2=Bruce|last2=Golding|date=August 11, 2017|website=New York Post}}</ref> with Cohn as well as Kushner being a faction leader.<ref>{{cite web |last=Paletta |first=Damian |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/within-trumps-inner-circle-a-moderate-voice-captures-the-presidents-ear/2017/04/13/7a7f87b0-1fa7-11e7-be2a-3a1fb24d4671_story.html |title=Within Trump’s inner circle, a moderate voice captures the president’s ear |newspaper=] |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504211125/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/within-trumps-inner-circle-a-moderate-voice-captures-the-presidents-ear/2017/04/13/7a7f87b0-1fa7-11e7-be2a-3a1fb24d4671_story.html |archivedate=May 4, 2017 |df= }}</ref> Bannon criticized the four as "Democrats" and "globalists", although Powell, at least, had solid bona fides as a Republican and was defended by several Republican senators as a principled conservative.<ref name=drum>{{cite news |last=Rucker |first=Philip |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-bannons-struggle-from-shadow-president-to-trumps-marked-man/2017/04/12/1f5aabc0-1f99-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html |title=Inside Bannon’s struggle: From ‘shadow president’ to Trump’s marked man |publisher=The Washington Post |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505192103/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-bannons-struggle-from-shadow-president-to-trumps-marked-man/2017/04/12/1f5aabc0-1f99-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html |archivedate=May 5, 2017 |df= }}</ref> Longtime Republican operative ] additionally said, “It’s important for people to understand Dina Powell worked for Dick Armey and George W. Bush. She’s no liberal.”<ref name=hillno>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/330341-infighting-cools-down-in-trumpland |title=Infighting cools down in Trumpland |publisher=TheHill |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017}}</ref> Powell also had considerably more experience in government than the others in this group of four.<ref name=vauxhall>{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Timothy B. |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/4/14/15209072/steve-bannon-trump-kushner-globalists |title=The White House power struggle between Steve Bannon and the "globalists," explained |publisher=Vox |date=April 14, 2017 |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505110546/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/4/14/15209072/steve-bannon-trump-kushner-globalists |archivedate=May 5, 2017 |df= }}</ref>


===Possibilities of returning===
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In October 2018, following the sudden resignation of ] as ], Powell was reported to be one of the leading candidates to replace her.<ref name=polamb/> Indeed, the President said so explicitly, that she was under consideration among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-he-e2-80-99s-considering-goldmans-dina-powell-for-un-ambassador/ar-BBOajJd|title=Trump Says He's Considering Goldman's Dina Powell for UN Ambassador|website=www.msn.com|access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref> The possibility of appointing Powell faced significant opposition from some within the Administration, including Bolton.<ref name=axno/><ref name=apno/> Some of the arguments against her revolved around her globalist orientations, with the allegation that she was not fully aligned with the president's "]" approach.<ref name=polamb/> Also, Powell was reportedly leery of going through a likely contentious confirmation hearing before the United States Senate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/11/dina-powell-leaning-toward-staying-at-goldman-sachs-instead-of-becoming-trump-un-ambassador.html|title=White House no longer considering Dina Powell for UN ambassador|first=Brian|last=Schwartz|website=] |date=October 11, 2018|access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref> Ultimately, Powell announced to friends the time was not right for her family or Goldman Sachs,<ref name=axno>{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/dina-powell-out-of-running-un-ambassador-9cd701f3-05f5-47c6-ba12-baeb6dc5515a.html|title=Dina Powell out of running for UN ambassador|website=]|date=October 12, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref> and by October 11 she told the White House that she was withdrawing from consideration.<ref name=apno>{{Cite web |url=https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/politics/amp/AP-source-Dina-Powell-tells-Trump-she-doesn-t-13300829.php |title=AP source: Dina Powell tells Trump she doesn't want UN job |access-date=October 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017163201/https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/politics/amp/AP-source-Dina-Powell-tells-Trump-she-doesn-t-13300829.php |archive-date=October 17, 2018 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>


However, after picked ] withdrew from consideration in February 2019 due to nanny issues, Powell's name once again emerged as a possible choice for the position.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/02/19/downgraded-top-united-nations-post-up-for-grabs-heather-nauert-withdraws-multilateral-institutions-trump-diplomacy-who-will-be-next-u-n-ambassador-after-nikki-haley/|title = Trump's U.N. Envoy Post is up for Grabs Again| date=February 19, 2019 }}</ref> One report had her as one of the two leading candidates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/john-james-dina-powell-leading-candidates-for-un-envoy-source-says.amp|title = John James leading candidate for UN envoy, source says &#124; Fox News| website=] }}</ref> However ] was chosen and it was unclear if Powell was ever interested or in serious consideration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/22/trump-taps-kelly-knight-craft-as-un-ambassador-1182282|title=Trump taps Kelly Knight Craft as U.N. Ambassador|website=] |date=February 22, 2019 }}</ref>
In April 2017 the ''New York Times'' labeled Powell a "rising star" in the national security establishment,<ref name=table>David E. Sanger, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805100744/https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/us/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-room-syria-strike.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0&referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Ddina+powell+%22rising+star%22&form=APIPH1&PC=APPL |date=August 5, 2017 }}, '']'', April 7, 2017.</ref> an appellation echoed by '']'',<ref name=en/> while the Associated Press wrote that "Dina Powell has quietly established herself as a White House power."<ref name=apfoz/> Additionally, the ''Washington Post'' wrote that "she is one of the most interesting figures in the new administration."<ref name=posting>{{cite news |last=Heil |first=Emily |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/04/27/when-dina-met-ivanka-how-a-goldman-sachs-exec-came-to-the-white-house/ |title=When Dina met Ivanka: How a Goldman Sachs exec came to the White House |newspaper=] |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428072224/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/04/27/when-dina-met-ivanka-how-a-goldman-sachs-exec-came-to-the-white-house/ |archivedate=April 28, 2017 |df= }}</ref> In part this level of attention was because in that month, McMaster elevated the Deputy for Strategy position to a higher role within the NSC, meaning that Powell came to attend both the Principals Committee and ].<ref name=mcfout/><ref name=apfoz/> At the same time McMaster arranged for the imminent departure of McFarland.<ref name=mcfout>{{cite news |last=Phillip |first=Abby |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/04/09/deputy-national-security-adviser-k-t-mcfarland-to-leave-national-security-council-post/ |title=Deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland to leave National Security Council post |newspaper=] |date= |accessdate=May 5, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505191721/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/04/09/deputy-national-security-adviser-k-t-mcfarland-to-leave-national-security-council-post/ |archivedate=May 5, 2017 |df= }}</ref> For her part, Powell assisted McMaster in his development of working relationships with various members of the Cabinet.<ref name=postal>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-fight-over-trumps-afghan-policy-has-become-an-argument-over-the-meaning-of-america-first/2017/08/04/f2790c80-785f-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html|title=National security adviser attempts to reconcile Trump’s competing impulses on Afghanistan|first1=|last1=https://www.facebook.com/greg.jaffe.5|first2=|last2=https://www.facebook.com/PhilipRuckerWP|website=Washington Post|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805011824/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-fight-over-trumps-afghan-policy-has-become-an-argument-over-the-meaning-of-america-first/2017/08/04/f2790c80-785f-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html|archivedate=August 5, 2017|df=}}</ref> € In addition, Powell attempted to guide McMaster on the best ways to have useful interchanges with the chief executive himself.<ref name =postal/>


Also around this time, Powell was also considered to become the first female president of the World Bank.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-contemplates-appointing-first-female-president-of-world-bank-11548327601|title=U.S. Contemplates Appointing First Female President of World Bank|newspaper=]|date=January 24, 2019|last1=Zumbrun|first1=Josh}}</ref> She was also under consideration for White House Chief of Staff.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/10/trump-new-chief-of-staff-1054792|title = Trump scrambles to find a new chief of staff| website=] | date=December 10, 2018 }}</ref>
Powell was one of the key figures in securing the release of Egyptian aid worker ].<ref name=fortunate/>
Regarding the May 2017 report of a ], which she was present in the room during, she stated: "This story is false."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/trump-disclosed-secrets-russia-washington-post-170515222926350.html|title=Trump disclosed secrets to Russia: Washington Post|website=www.aljazeera.com|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516031138/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/trump-disclosed-secrets-russia-washington-post-170515222926350.html|archivedate=May 16, 2017|df=}}</ref>


==Harvard Kennedy School fellow==
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On February 12, 2018, it was announced that Powell would be joining the ] within the bounds of the ].<ref name=ken >{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373458-former-trump-aide-dina-powell-joins-harvard-as-senior-fellow/amp/|title=Former Trump aide Dina Powell joins Harvard as senior fellow|first=Brandon|last=Conradis|newspaper=The Hill |date=February 12, 2018|access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name=tken/> Her mission would be to teach diplomacy and ideas and practices of foreign affairs,<ref name=tken >{{cite news|url=https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/12/former-national-security-aide-for-trump-to-teach-a/|title=Former national security aide for Trump to teach at Harvard|newspaper=] |access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref> and her capacity would be that of a non-residential senior fellow.<ref name=tken/>


==Return to Goldman Sachs==
She was among the top officials escorting the chief executive on ], which in May 2017 started with a two-day stay in Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nsg-italia.com/2017/05/06/trump-to-embark-on-maiden-visit-to-vatican-israel-saudi.html|title=Trump to embark on maiden visit to Vatican, Israel, Saudi Arabia|website=nsg-italia.com|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506070001/http://nsg-italia.com/2017/05/06/trump-to-embark-on-maiden-visit-to-vatican-israel-saudi.html|archivedate=May 6, 2017|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/17/politics/trump-foreign-trip-overshadowed/index.html|title=Trump's foreign trip now bogged in White House crises|first=Kevin Liptak, CNN White House|last=Producer|website=CNN|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520004703/http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/17/politics/trump-foreign-trip-overshadowed/index.html|archivedate=May 20, 2017|df=}}</ref> Indeed she had been heavily involved in the planning for the Middle Eastern potion of the trip.<ref name =june/> She was involved in several negotiations with Middle Eastern parties, where she was sometimes the only woman at the table.<ref name=politico17/> She declined to follow Saudi customs and not only did not cover her hair but wore a dress that revealed her legs as well.<ref name=politico17/> She also ensured that one of the headliner speeches made reference to ].<ref name=politico17/> In all this, Powell's prior experience in government and her set of contacts in the Arab world played a key role in making the first part of the trip a successful venture, and she had done some of advance work prior to the trip.<ref name=politico17>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/23/donald-trump-middle-east-visit-238733 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=May 26, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524060231/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/23/donald-trump-middle-east-visit-238733 |archivedate=May 24, 2017 |df= }}</ref> As one connected former official said, "A normal White House would have a larger cohort of experienced people, so Dina’s own experience means she’s more valuable — and more influential."<ref name=politico17/> A '' New York Times'' story characterized Powell as "a power inside the administration, reassuring worried outsiders."<ref name=fixation />
Later in February 2018 it was announced that Powell would return to Goldman Sachs.<ref name=backsachs/> The position would be on the firm's management committee.<ref name =boomerang >{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/02/27/goldman-says-ex-trump-advisor-dina-powell-to-return-to-bank.html|title=Goldman says ex-Trump advisor Dina Powell to return to bank|first=Liz|last=Moyer|website=] |date=February 27, 2018|access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref>


In the following years she was made Goldman’s global head of sustainability and inclusive growth.<ref name=rbf/> She was also made head of the firm's Sovereign Fund,<ref name= rbf/> a role that per the firm involves her being "responsible for helping build and enhance the firm’s relationships with global sovereign clients."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goldman Sachs {{!}} Management Committee - Dina Powell McCormick |url=https://www.goldmansachs.com/about-us/people-and-leadership/leadership/management-committee/dina-powell-mccormick.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Goldman Sachs |language=en-US |archive-date=December 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217164753/https://www.goldmansachs.com/about-us/people-and-leadership/leadership/management-committee/dina-powell-mccormick.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She played a key part in Goldman Sachs' role for the massive 2019 initial public offering of ].<ref name = Reuters > https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/goldman-head-sovereign-business-powell-mccormick-moves-merchant-bank-source-2023-05-30/ </ref> The Wall Street Journal wrote that "Dina Powell McCormick has been a critical link between Goldman Sachs and sovereign-wealth funds, particularly those in the Middle East."<ref name=WSJ />
Beginning in June 2017, Powell involved U.S. efforts to free assorted American hostages held in countries overseas,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freebeacon.com/national-security/trump-admin-congress-offer-new-hope-for-families-of-u-s-hostages-in-iran/amp/|title=Trump Admin, Congress Offer New Hope for Families of U.S. Hostages in Iran|date=June 22, 2017|publisher=|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622223700/http://freebeacon.com/national-security/trump-admin-congress-offer-new-hope-for-families-of-u-s-hostages-in-iran/amp/|archivedate=June 22, 2017|df=}}</ref> particularly in agency of informing families.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freebeacon.com/issues/cruz-to-push-for-more-action-to-secure-release-of-u-s-hostages-in-iran/amp/|title=Cruz to Push for More Action to Secure Release of U.S. Hostages in Iran|date=July 9, 2017|publisher=|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709110717/http://freebeacon.com/issues/cruz-to-push-for-more-action-to-secure-release-of-u-s-hostages-in-iran/amp/|archivedate=July 9, 2017|df=}}</ref> The following month she was one of those accompanying on the trip to Poland and Germany en toward the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/06/playbook-donald-trump-poland-russian-interference-240253|title=What Trump will say in his big speech in Europe|publisher=|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807073412/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/06/playbook-donald-trump-poland-russian-interference-240253|archivedate=August 7, 2017|df=}}</ref> By then she was coming under sustained attack by ], owned by ], nativist blogger ], and such ilks for being aligned with the McMaster "globalist" faction of the security council.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/536046/|title=The Pro-Trump Media's Assault Against H.R. McMaster - The Atlantic|website=www.theatlantic.com|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807072300/https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/536046/|archivedate=August 7, 2017|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/11/breitbart-war-on-mcmaster-bites-bannon-241517|title=Breitbart's war on McMaster bites Bannon|publisher=|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811144939/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/11/breitbart-war-on-mcmaster-bites-bannon-241517|archivedate=August 11, 2017|df=}}</ref> At the same time she came in for highly positive media treatments in more mainstream outlets like '' ]'', with titles such as "How Goldman Sachs legend Dina Powell became Trump's national security star".<ref >{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/dina-powell-trump-national-security-goldman-sachs-photos-bio-2017-8/#at-29-powell-joined-the-bush-administration-as-the-youngest-ever-white-house-personnel-director-overseeing-4000-hirings-and-a-staff-of-35-1|title=How Goldman Sachs legend Dina Powell became Trump's national security star|publisher=}}</ref>


Powell departed Goldman Sachs in May 2023 to join ], a merchant bank.<ref name =WSJ>{{cite news |last1=Gottfried |first1=Miriam |last2=Andriotis |first2=AnnaMaria |title=Goldman Sachs Executive Dina Powell McCormick to Depart for Merchant Bank |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/goldman-sachs-executive-dina-powell-mccormick-to-depart-for-merchant-bank-ee8cd10a |access-date=7 June 2023 |work=] |date=30 May 2023}}</ref> She became partner there.<ref name=Reuters /> Her title was of vice chairman and president of global client services.<ref name = WSJ />
She then went to the Middle East on the next Kushnerian peace process trip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jared-kushner-to-return-to-israel-arab-states-for-peace-deal-negotiations/article/2631280|title=Jared Kushner to return to Israel, Arab states for peace deal negotiations|first=Gabby|last=Morrongiello|publisher=}}</ref> This took place in late August 2017 and also made the involvement of envoy ].<ref name=trek>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-kushner-middle-east-peace-talks-deal-israel-palestine-2017-8|title=Jared Kushner visited the Middle East this week to revive peace talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders — here's how it unfolded|publisher=|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903071451/http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-kushner-middle-east-peace-talks-deal-israel-palestine-2017-8|archivedate=September 3, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> By this time the likes of Bannon and Gorka were gone from the White House while Powell was still an ascendant force there.<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/06/trump_loyalists_fume_as_outsiders_gain_sway_at_wh_134921.amp.html</ref>

In 2023, Powell was elected to ]'s board of directors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ExxonMobil elects Dina Powell McCormick to Board of Directors |url=https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/news/news-releases/2023/1107_exxonmobil-elects-dina-powell-mccormick-to-board-of-directors |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=ExxonMobil |language=en}}</ref>

==Second marriage and role in husband's career==
Dina and Richard Powell divorced in 2017.<ref name=msfixit/>

By 2018, Powell was engaged to financier and former government official ].<ref name=polamb>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/09/dina-powell-un-ambassador-886197|title=Dina Powell tops White House list for U.N.|website=] |date=October 9, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref> In 2019, she and McCormick were married.<ref name="overline">{{Cite web |last=McCreesh |first=Shawn |date=2022-03-25 |title=Has Goldman Sachs' Dina Powell Finally Gone Too Far? |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/how-dina-powell-is-helping-david-mccormicks-senate-run.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=] |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name="ForeignPolicy2019February20SeligmanLara">{{cite news|last1=Seligman|first1=Lara|title=Does Anyone Want to Be Secretary of Defense?|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/02/20/does-no-one-want-to-be-us-secretary-of-defense-mattis-replacement-candidates/|access-date=9 December 2019|agency=The Slate Group|publisher=Foreign Policy|date=20 February 2019|location=United States|language=en}}</ref> At times, Powell subsequently went by the name Dina Powell McCormick.<ref name=bloomname/>

In 2022, however, Dave McCormick became a top contender for the Republican nomination in the ]. Powell became strongly involved, accompanying him to ] in an attempt to secure an endorsement for him from her former boss, the former president.<ref name="overline"/> Powell's ties to the former president were considered crucial in potentially counteracting some negative remarks that McCormick had made about the former president in the past.<ref>{{Cite web |title=McCormick MAGA-proofs his Senate campaign after dissing Trump |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/11/david-mccormick-senate-campaign-trump-526870 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=] |date=January 11, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> There were reports in the press, denied by some, that Powell hinted that McCormick's rival ] would be unelectable due to his Muslim background.<ref name=overline/><ref name=yahooline/> Some of those close to Powell expressed dismay that she would make such an argument, given her own background.<ref name=overline /> The couple also emphasized the fact of Oz's dual citizenship.<ref name="yahooline">{{Cite web |title=Dr. Oz's primary challenger and his wife said in meeting with Trump that Oz's Muslim background was a liability: NYT report |url=https://news.yahoo.com/dr-ozs-primary-challenger-wife-043523314.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=] |date=March 20, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> The efforts did not have success, as the endorsement went to Oz.<ref name=primarylost/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-10 |title=Trump Endorses Oz In Pennsylvania's Senate Primary Race |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/election-2022-senate-pennsylvania-trump-oz_n_6252219ae4b06c2ea31e2e17 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=] |language=en}}</ref>

The Republican primary election was very close and went to a recount phase, but in the end McCormick lost to Oz.<ref name="primarylost">{{Cite web |title=McCormick concedes to Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/03/mccormick-concedes-to-oz-in-pennsylvania-gop-senate-primary.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=] |date=June 3, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Oz proceeded to lose the general election to the Democrat, ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A furious Trump is blaming Melania for urging him to support Dr. Oz, who lost a key Senate race: NYT reporter |url=https://news.yahoo.com/furious-trump-blaming-melania-urging-122302899.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=] |date=November 10, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

On September 21, 2023, McCormick announced his second campaign for the ];<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ukenye |first1=Lawrence |title=McCormick launches second Pennsylvania Senate campaign |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/21/david-mccormick-senate-bob-casey-00116775 |access-date=21 September 2023 |work=]|date=September 21, 2023}}</ref> he did not face strong primary opposition as he had the previous time and won the Republican primary unopposed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Marc |date=2023-09-21 |title=Republican David McCormick is expected to announce he's entering Pennsylvania's US Senate race |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ap-pennsylvania-republican-mehmet-oz-harrisburg-b2415580.html |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> Powell was part of his September 2023 campaign announcement.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/david-mccormick-senate-control-campaign-pennsylvania-2024-453c1fe64aeb734ec0426a1c1dbb93b0 | title=Republican David McCormick launches 2nd Senate bid in Pennsylvania, aims to oust Democrat Bob Casey | website=] | date=September 21, 2023 }}</ref> He defeated Democratic incumbent ] in the ].

==Foundation chair==
In October 2022, Powell was named the new chair of the ], a ] that seeks to alleviate poverty in New York.<ref name="rbf">{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Brian |title=Robin Hood Foundation picks Goldman Sachs executive Dina Powell McCormick as new chair |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/20/robin-hood-foundation-picks-goldman-sachs-executive-dina-powell-mccormick-as-new-chair.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=] |date=October 20, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> She took the position effective early 2023.<ref name=rbf/> She had previously been vice chair of the fund, and helped it coordinate response to the ].<ref name= rbf/>


==Awards and honors== ==Awards and honors==
Powell was selected as one of the ]'s ].<ref name=deptofstate/> The selection happened sometime prior to or in 2010.<ref> p. 13</ref>
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She received an Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, associated with the University of Texas, in 2006.<ref name="ut"/>


In 2007, Powell was presented with an American by Choice Award during a special naturalization ceremony performed by Secretary of State ]; the award recognizes outstanding achievements of naturalized U.S. citizens.<ref>{{cite press release |title = Secretary Rice to Address Special Naturalization Ceremony; Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Dina Habib Powell to Receive American by Choice Award |url=http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/apr/83348.htm |publisher= U.S. Department of State |date = April 20, 2007 |access-date = September 16, 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308181130/http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/apr/83348.htm |archive-date = March 8, 2016 }}</ref>
Dina Habib Powell was selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders.<ref name=deptofstate/>


She received the Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award in 2006.<ref name=ut/> In 2008, she received the inaugural Young Alumna Award from ].


In 2009, Powell was named a Great Immigrant by the ] for her role in public service and contributions to American life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dina Habib Powell|url=https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/dina-habib-powell/|access-date=2021-01-06|website=Carnegie Corporation of New York|language=en}}</ref>
In 2007, Powell was presented with an American by Choice Award during a special naturalization ceremony performed by Secretary of State ]; the award recognizes outstanding achievements of naturalized U.S. citizens.<ref>{{cite press release |author = |title = Secretary Rice to Address Special Naturalization Ceremony; Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Dina Habib Powell to Receive American by Choice Award |url = http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/apr/83348.htm |publisher = U.S. Department of State |date = April 20, 2007 |accessdate = September 16, 2015 |deadurl = no |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160308181130/http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/apr/83348.htm |archivedate = March 8, 2016 |df = }}</ref>


In 2017, she was the honored speaker for a State Department dinner in acknowledgment of the Fortune/U.S. State Department Global Women's Mentoring Partnership.<ref name=fortunate/> At the same time '']'' named her as one of the 50 Most Powerful Moms of 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redonline.co.uk/red-women/news-in-brief/the-50-most-influential-moms-of-2017|title=the 50 most influential mums of 2017|publisher=}}</ref> In 2017, she was the honored speaker for a State Department dinner in acknowledgment of the Fortune/U.S. State Department Global Women's Mentoring Partnership.<ref name=fortunate/> At the same time '']'' named her as one of the 50 Most Powerful Moms of 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redonline.co.uk/red-women/news-in-brief/the-50-most-influential-moms-of-2017|title=The 50 most influential mums of 2017|work=Working Mother|date=5 October 2017 }}</ref>
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American financial & political advisor (born 1973)

Dina Powell
1st United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy
In office
March 15, 2017 – January 12, 2018
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
BornDina Habib
(1973-06-12) June 12, 1973 (age 51)
Cairo, Egypt
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Richard Powell ​ ​(m. 1998; div. 2017)
Dave McCormick ​(m. 2019)
Children2
EducationUniversity of Texas, Austin (BA)

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

Born in Cairo, Egypt, she came to the United States as a child. A lifelong member of the Republican Party, 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. In 2007, Powell joined Goldman Sachs, where she became a managing director and eventually a partner at the firm, as well as president of its non-profit subsidiary, the Goldman Sachs Foundation. In that capacity she ran the foundation's 10,000 Women program.

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, especially in regard to Middle East policy. She was also an Assistant to the President and Senior Counselor for Economic Initiatives, a position – demanding about 20 percent of her time – that continued after her security appointment.

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

Early life and education

Dina Habib was born in Cairo, Egypt to a middle-class, Coptic Christian family. Her father was a captain in the Egyptian Army, and her mother had attended American University in Cairo. Her parents brought her younger sister and her to the United States as children. Habib arrived knowing no English.

The Habib family settled in Dallas, Texas, where they had relatives within the Coptic community. The parents ran a convenience store, and her father also worked at times as a bus driver and in real estate, while her mother sometimes pursued a career in social work. A third daughter was born once the family was in North America.

Habib learned English at school, but her family insisted that she be raised with Egyptian culture and language, hence, she is fluent in Arabic. Of her parents' actions, she later said, "I so desperately wanted a turkey and cheese sandwich with potato chips, and instead I always got grape leaves and hummus and falafel, not even in a cool brown paper bag. And now, of course, I appreciate so much that I did." Each of the family members born abroad became a naturalized citizen of the United States. She attended the prep school for girls Ursuline Academy of Dallas, from which she was graduated in 1991.

She then attended the University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts where she enrolled in the Plan II Honors program. She performed community service as part of her program and joined the Delta Delta Delta sorority.

Habib helped pay for school by working as a legislative assistant for two Republican members of the Texas State Senate: Ike Harris and Jerry E. Patterson. With them, she worked on a number of policy matters, including juvenile justice reform. Her family strongly identified with the Republican Party and greatly admired Ronald Reagan. She adopted the same views, later recalling that "... when I started to work with Republicans I realised that I agree with the views of personal empowerment, of less government involvement, of having the ability to talk about things without the government necessarily being involved. And on the economic side I'm definitely a believer that people should spend more of their money and spend it the way they think so and invest it wisely."

For her honors thesis, she wrote about the value of mentoring juvenile delinquents. She graduated from the University of Texas with honors with a bachelor's degree in humanities from its College of Liberal Arts in 1995.

Early political career

Habib had applied to, and had been accepted by, a law school. However, in part due to her Arabic fluency, she received an offer of a year-long internship with the U.S. Senator from Texas, Kay Bailey Hutchison. She deferred the school and accepted the internship, moving to Washington, D.C. in the process. She never returned to law school.

After the year-long internship concluded, she took a job with Dick Armey, the Republican Majority Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives. There, she worked as a member of his leadership staff. This role lasted four years.

After that, she took a job with the Republican National Committee where she was Director of Congressional Affairs and helped to find positions for Republicans in lobbying firms. As part of this role she became involved in the George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2000.

First marriage and family

Dina and Richard Powell (center and right)

Powell married Richard C. Powell on January 10, 1998. A public relations professional, he became a managing director of the Washington-based Quinn Gillespie & Associates and later became employed by Teneo as the president of Teneo Strategy. Following the marriage she began to use his last name professionally.

The couple had two daughters, born in 2001 and 2006. In 2007 the couple had purchased a $3.85 million condominium apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Bush administration

White House Personnel Office

Official White House photo during Bush years

While working at the RNC, Powell was spotted by Clay Johnson III, who would come to be in charge of hiring for the George W. Bush administration. The day after the election Johnson called Powell regarding the presidential transition. Once in office, Johnson took her on as a Deputy Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel.

Powell reviewing papers in the Oval Office with Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush, circa January 2005

Beginning in January 2003, Johnson moved up and elsewhere in the administration and Powell took on his role, thereby serving as the Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel, a senior staff position at the White House. In this role, she was responsible for assisting the President on the appointments of the cabinet, subcabinet and ambassadorial positions across the U.S. Government. She had a staff of 35 reporting to her; once the second term of the Bush presidency began in January 2005, was part of hiring some 4,000 people. She participated in some of the recommendations process as well as processing the applications. At age 29, she was the youngest person ever to hold this position.

Some of the recommendations she made for the U.S. State Department put her in good stead with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Department of State

In March 2005, Powell was nominated as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, an assignment that included becoming an ambassador to the Arabic-speaking world. News of the nomination landed on the front page of Al-Ahram and made her notable in Egypt. Powell served in that position from July 11, 2005, through June 6, 2007. Powell was also designated by Secretary Rice to the office of Deputy Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. In addition, Powell led the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in whose responsibility fell the Fulbright Program and similar foreign endeavors. In her role, Powell traveled worldwide with Secretary Rice, but mostly focused on going to the Middle East.

During this period, Powell established several public-private partnerships between American corporations and foreign entities, including a U.S.-Lebanon partnership in the wake of the 2006 war that sought to help rebuild the local economy. These may have been under the protection of the Middle East Partnership Initiative. She helped create some cultural exchanges between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, including Iranian doctors coming west and a U.S. wrestling team going east. She was also responsible for bringing in scholars from other nation-states. Powell worked to establish the Fortune/U.S. State Department Global Women's Mentoring Partnership, which connected up-and-coming female leaders with the community of Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit, a joint venture between the State Department and Fortune magazine that received praise over the next decade.

In 2007, she left the White House and government service, saying "It's the right time for me and my family." She had been the highest-ranking Arab-American in the Bush administration. The Washington Post assessed that Dina Habib Powell had "played a critical role in the administration's efforts to bolster public diplomacy in the face of the wave of anti-Americanism that has swept the Arab world since the U.S. invasion of Iraq." Powell would later join the Advisory Council of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

Goldman Sachs

See also: Goldman Sachs Foundation
Powell as a panelist at the 2010 APEC Women's Entrepreneurship Summit in Japan.

Powell joined Goldman Sachs in 2007 as a managing director, having been hired by John F. W. Rogers, a longtime Goldman figure with experience with past Republican administrations. Powell was then named partner in 2010, Powell has conceded that she joined Goldman Sachs despite having no background in the subject of finance, but has said that her entire career has been guided by the notion of not planning a lot but rather "just taking that leap of faith."

Powell oversaw the firm's impact investing business and served as the president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation beginning in 2010. This was in addition to her responsibilities as global head of the Office of Corporate Engagement and a member of the Goldman Sachs Partnership Committee.

As the leader of Goldman Sachs Impact Investing, Powell was responsible for a business with more than $4 billion in housing and community development investments across the United States.

In her role as president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, Powell led one of the world's largest corporate foundations. Powell helped build and was responsible for all the Foundation's initiatives supporting and developing entrepreneurs around the world, including 10,000 Women and 10,000 Small Businesses. 10,000 Women provides women entrepreneurs in developing countries with business education, access to capital and mentors. Under Powell, Goldman Sachs partnered with International Finance Corporation and Overseas Private Investment Corporation to raise 600 million dollars, to provide access to capital for more than 100,000 women worldwide. To realize this project, Powell worked closely with the State Department.

Powell as Head, Impact Investing Business, Goldman Sachs, at the Women's Economic Empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa forum, July 2015

Powell also led Goldman Sachs Gives, a fund established in 2007 and structured as a vehicle to consolidate Goldman Sachs partners' charitable giving.

During her time at Goldman Sachs, Powell joined the boards of directors or trustees of Harvard Kennedy School's Social Enterprise Initiative, the American University in Cairo, the Center for Global Development, Vital Voices, and the Nightingale-Bamford School. Powell is listed as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the Trilateral Commission.

Powell has worked with Democrats such as Obama administration advisors Valerie Jarrett and Gene Sperling.

Trump administration

Senior advisor

Powell had no relationship with the incoming President or his family until after the 2016 United States presidential election. Powell received a call from Ivanka Trump, who was interested in the metrics by which the success of 10,000 Women had been judged. She thus became involved with the incoming administration's transition period, particularly with regard to the empowerment of women and girls and the potential of female entrepreneurship.

Starting January 20, 2017, Powell began serving as Senior Advisor to the President for Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and the Empowerment of Women. In doing so she became one of the few Bush administration officials to join this new administration. Powell relocated from New York City to Washington as part of taking this job. Powell intended to only join the administration for one year. As part of this change of path she became divested of her interest in Goldman Sachs.

Powell with Ivanka at the W20 Conference

Powell led a joint American-Canadian program to advance the role of women in business, making reference to what was formally called the United States-Canada Council for the Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders. This effort involved Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well. Another Powell endeavor involved a listening session on the related topics of domestic and international human trafficking.

Powell was visible outside that scope of her role when she was part of a meeting between the president and the Saudi defense minister Mohammed bin Salman. She subsequently shared responsibility for overseeing a $200 billion amount of U.S.-Saudi arms deals. She continued to assist Ivanka Trump. Powell's network of contacts in the financial, corporate, and governmental worlds was considered a valuable asset for the new administration and she assisted in a few of the early hires.

Even after being appointed deputy national security advisor in March 2017, Powell still spent 20 percent of her time in this, her initial role.

In June 2017, Powell was a key advisor on a trip to Canada to improve economic issues with the nation.

Powell was on the short list for White House Chief of Staff to replace Reince Priebus. Ivanka and her husband were pushing for Powell. Reportedly the president was happy with Powell's performance so far and considered the idea, but in July 2017 chose Homeland Security Secretary and former General John F. Kelly.

National Security Council

Powell (at far right) during the April 2017 Syrian missile strike operation Her being the only woman present attracted notice.

On March 15, 2017, Powell was named to the post of Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy, all the while retaining her economic position as well. The impetus for this assignment came from the recently named national security advisor, H. R. McMaster, who himself was responding to people outside the administration suggesting her name.

In April 2017 The New York Times labeled Powell a "rising star" in the national security establishment, an appellation echoed by Vogue magazine, while the Associated Press wrote that "Dina Powell has quietly established herself as a White House power." Additionally, The Washington Post wrote that "she is one of the most interesting figures in the new administration." In part this level of attention was because in that month, McMaster elevated the Deputy for Strategy position to a higher role within the NSC, meaning that Powell came to attend both the Principals Committee and National Security Council Deputies Committee. For her part, Powell assisted McMaster in his development of working relationships with various members of the Cabinet. In addition, Powell attempted to guide McMaster on the best ways to have useful interchanges with the chief executive himself.

Regarding the May 2017 report of a Donald Trump revelation of classified information to Russia, during which Powell was present in the room, she stated: "This story is false." However this soon-to-be infamous, unannounced meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak was as it happened where Trump was later revealed to have disclosed Israeli intelligence. While she dissembled to cover up the president's error, he later admitted to having revealed these secrets.

Powell with others on the Saudi Arabia trip, 2017

She was among the top officials escorting the chief executive on his first foreign trip, which in May 2017 started with a two-day stay in Saudi Arabia. She had been heavily involved in the planning for the Middle Eastern portion of the trip. She was involved in several negotiations with Middle Eastern parties, where she was sometimes the only woman at the table. She also ensured that one of the headliner speeches made reference to women's rights in Saudi Arabia. Powell's prior experience in government and her set of contacts in the Arab world played a key role in making the first part of the trip a successful venture, and she had done some of advance work prior to the trip.

Powell was one of the key figures in securing the release of Egyptian aid worker Aya Hijazi. In July 2017, she was one of those accompanying on the trip to Poland and Germany en toward the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit. She then went to the Middle East on the next Kushner peace process trip. This took place in late August 2017 and also made the involvement of envoy Jason Greenblatt. By this time the likes of Bannon and Gorka were gone from the White House while Powell was still an ascendant force there. The trip was viewed positively within the Administration, which continued to think that an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal was achievable. This was followed by a secret trip to the Middle East made by Kushner, Powell, and others. By November 2017 she was part of a "core four" drafting a plan for a comprehensive Middle East peace, along with Kushner, Greenblatt, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman. Given that the other three were Orthodox Jews with various ties to Israel, Powell was the only native-born Egyptian.

A major accomplishment of Powell in December 2017, was the completion of the administration's National Security Strategy document. She worked on it intensively with McMaster and senior NSC staffer Nadia Schadlow. In doing so they talked with numerous national security experts and stakeholders as well as gaining the buy-in of Cabinet-level officials.

Departure

On December 8, 2017, it was announced that Powell would be leaving the administration in early 2018, subsequently elaborated to be after a delayed vice presidential trip to the Middle East had been initiated. Powell planned to return to her life in New York, with a goal of spending more time with her family.

White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated that Powell is a "trusted advisor", said that Powell had only ever planned to stay for a year, and indicated that Powell would "continue to support the President's agenda and work on Middle East policy."

Four administration officials indicated that the decision to leave really was hers. Several officials viewed her departure as a significant loss for the White House. NSC staffer Nadia Schadlow was chosen to replace Powell.

Possibilities of returning

In October 2018, following the sudden resignation of Nikki Haley as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Powell was reported to be one of the leading candidates to replace her. Indeed, the President said so explicitly, that she was under consideration among others. The possibility of appointing Powell faced significant opposition from some within the Administration, including Bolton. Some of the arguments against her revolved around her globalist orientations, with the allegation that she was not fully aligned with the president's "America First" approach. Also, Powell was reportedly leery of going through a likely contentious confirmation hearing before the United States Senate. Ultimately, Powell announced to friends the time was not right for her family or Goldman Sachs, and by October 11 she told the White House that she was withdrawing from consideration.

However, after picked Heather Nauert withdrew from consideration in February 2019 due to nanny issues, Powell's name once again emerged as a possible choice for the position. One report had her as one of the two leading candidates. However Kelly Knight Craft was chosen and it was unclear if Powell was ever interested or in serious consideration.

Also around this time, Powell was also considered to become the first female president of the World Bank. She was also under consideration for White House Chief of Staff.

Harvard Kennedy School fellow

On February 12, 2018, it was announced that Powell would be joining the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs within the bounds of the Harvard Kennedy School. Her mission would be to teach diplomacy and ideas and practices of foreign affairs, and her capacity would be that of a non-residential senior fellow.

Return to Goldman Sachs

Later in February 2018 it was announced that Powell would return to Goldman Sachs. The position would be on the firm's management committee.

In the following years she was made Goldman’s global head of sustainability and inclusive growth. She was also made head of the firm's Sovereign Fund, a role that per the firm involves her being "responsible for helping build and enhance the firm’s relationships with global sovereign clients." She played a key part in Goldman Sachs' role for the massive 2019 initial public offering of Saudi Aramco. The Wall Street Journal wrote that "Dina Powell McCormick has been a critical link between Goldman Sachs and sovereign-wealth funds, particularly those in the Middle East."

Powell departed Goldman Sachs in May 2023 to join BDT & MSD Partners, a merchant bank. She became partner there. Her title was of vice chairman and president of global client services.

In 2023, Powell was elected to ExxonMobil's board of directors.

Second marriage and role in husband's career

Dina and Richard Powell divorced in 2017.

By 2018, Powell was engaged to financier and former government official Dave McCormick. In 2019, she and McCormick were married. At times, Powell subsequently went by the name Dina Powell McCormick.

In 2022, however, Dave McCormick became a top contender for the Republican nomination in the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania. Powell became strongly involved, accompanying him to Mar-a-Lago in an attempt to secure an endorsement for him from her former boss, the former president. Powell's ties to the former president were considered crucial in potentially counteracting some negative remarks that McCormick had made about the former president in the past. There were reports in the press, denied by some, that Powell hinted that McCormick's rival Dr. Oz would be unelectable due to his Muslim background. Some of those close to Powell expressed dismay that she would make such an argument, given her own background. The couple also emphasized the fact of Oz's dual citizenship. The efforts did not have success, as the endorsement went to Oz.

The Republican primary election was very close and went to a recount phase, but in the end McCormick lost to Oz. Oz proceeded to lose the general election to the Democrat, John Fetterman.

On September 21, 2023, McCormick announced his second campaign for the 2024 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania; he did not face strong primary opposition as he had the previous time and won the Republican primary unopposed. Powell was part of his September 2023 campaign announcement. He defeated Democratic incumbent Bob Casey Jr in the general election.

Foundation chair

In October 2022, Powell was named the new chair of the Robin Hood Foundation, a venture philanthropy that seeks to alleviate poverty in New York. She took the position effective early 2023. She had previously been vice chair of the fund, and helped it coordinate response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Awards and honors

Powell was selected as one of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders. The selection happened sometime prior to or in 2010.

She received an Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, associated with the University of Texas, in 2006.

In 2007, Powell was presented with an American by Choice Award during a special naturalization ceremony performed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; the award recognizes outstanding achievements of naturalized U.S. citizens.

In 2008, she received the inaugural Young Alumna Award from Ursuline Academy of Dallas.

In 2009, Powell was named a Great Immigrant by the Carnegie Corporation of New York for her role in public service and contributions to American life.

In 2017, she was the honored speaker for a State Department dinner in acknowledgment of the Fortune/U.S. State Department Global Women's Mentoring Partnership. At the same time Working Mother named her as one of the 50 Most Powerful Moms of 2017.

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  1. Managing directors at the firm are promoted biannually, it is a middle management position and they are not equivalent to a CEO.

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Preceded byPatricia Harrison Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
2005–2007
Succeeded byGoli Ameri
VacantTitle last held byJohn Podesta
as Counselor to the President
Senior Counselor to the President for Economic Initiatives
2017–2018
Served alongside: Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway
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New office Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy
2017–2018
Succeeded byNadia Schadlow
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Mark Meadows 2020–21 Robert C. O'Brien 2019–21
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Emma Doyle 2019–20 Matthew Pottinger 2019–21
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Chris Liddell 2018–21 Doug Fears 2018–19
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Joe Hagin 2017–18 Peter J. Brown 2019–20
Daniel Walsh 2018–19 Julia Nesheiwat 2020–21
Anthony M. Ornato 2019–21 Dep. Natl. Security Advisor, Strategy Dina Powell 2017–18
Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Bill Shine 2018–19 Nadia Schadlow 2018
Dan Scavino 2020–21 Dep. Natl. Security Advisor, Middle East and North African Affairs Victoria Coates 2019–20
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