Dina Powell McCormick named Meta president

(The Center Square) - Dina Powell McCormick, wife of Sen. Dave McCormick and former Trump advisor, has been named president and vice chair of Meta, the social media titan behind platforms like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. The appointment comes as Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh in particular, seeks to set the tone for the rapidly shifting technology landscape with massive investments in infrastructure, academic research, and private industry. “Dina’s experience at the highest levels of global finance, combined with her deep relationships around the world, makes her uniquely suited to help Meta manage this next phase of growth as the company’s President and Vice Chairman,” said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The move represents another layer of intermingling between figures in the federal government and leaders in the powerful tech space, with the most high profile being Elon Musk’s temporary foray as the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency. Meta says that Powell McCormick wi