Dina Powell

Dina Habib was born in Cairo, Egypt to a middle-class, Coptic Christian family.{{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|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}} 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.{{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=Los Angeles Times|date=January 10, 2005|last=Neuman|url-status=live|first=Johanna}} 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/the-untold-story-of-how-gary-cohn-donald-trump-goldman-sachs-alumni |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=Vanity Fair|date=June 24, 2017}} 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.Rae Nadler, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1eMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=53 "Marketing America: Dina Habib Powell"] {{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. 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.Jasmine El-Rashidi, [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2004/711/profile.htm "Dina Habib Powell: Egyptian in the White House"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318020255/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Archive/2004/711/profile.htm |date=March 18, 2017 }}, Al-Ahram Weekly (Cairo), October 7–13, 2004. 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.[https://news.utexas.edu/2017/02/01/longhorns-assume-leadership-roles-in-trump-administration "Longhorns Assume Leadership Roles in Trump Administration"] {{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.

Habib had applied to, and had been accepted by, a law school.{{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=The Dallas Morning News | 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 }} 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.{{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 |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 }} She deferred the school and accepted the internship, moving to Washington, D.C. in the process. She never returned to law school.{{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 }}

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.

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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.[http://www.teneoholdings.com/leaders/richard_powell "Richard Powell – President, Teneo Strategy"] {{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.[http://www.teneoholdings.com/about "The Teneo Way"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804053212/http://www.teneoholdings.com/about |date=August 4, 2017 }} Teneo web site. Retrieved August 3, 2017. 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.{{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 }}

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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.Elisabeth Bumiller, [https://mobile.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/politics/a-mideast-strategy-that-includes-a-mideast-card.html?referer= "A Mideast Strategy That Includes a Mideast Card"] {{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. 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.

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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.Helin Jung, [http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a9140526/dina-powell-national-security-advisor-trump/ "5 Things to Know About Dina Powell, Trump's Deputy National Security Adviser"] {{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. 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.

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,{{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 }}{{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 }} 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.{{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=CNN |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 }}

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.{{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=Politico |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 }}

{{see also|Goldman Sachs Foundation}}

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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,{{cite news | last = Carney | first = John | title = Partnership Day at Goldman Sachs! | website=CNBC | 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 }}Julia La Roche, [http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-dina-powell-2013-10 "Meet The Goldman Partner Who Gets Paid $2 Million To Give Away The Bank's Money"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402081145/http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-dina-powell-2013-10 |date=April 2, 2017 }}, Business Insider, October 28, 2013. 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.Jaquetta White, [http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2010/11/goldman_sachs_to_lend_20_milli.html "Goldman Sachs to lend $20 million to N.O. small businesses"] {{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. 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.{{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 }}

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.{{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 }}{{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 }}

In her role as president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, Powell led one of the world's largest corporate foundations.{{cite news | last = Kolhatkar | first = Sheelah | title = Goldman's Jobs Act | magazine= Bloomberg Businessweek | publisher=Bloomberg | 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 }} 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.{{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=The Hill|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. 10,000 Women provides women entrepreneurs in developing countries with business education, access to capital and mentors.{{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 | access-date = September 22, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{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 }} 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.{{cite press release | author = | 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 }} To realize this project, Powell worked closely with the State Department.

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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.{{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 | 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 }}

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

Powell has worked with Democrats such as Obama administration advisors Valerie Jarrett and Gene Sperling.{{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=Politico |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 }}

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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/1a83f83c9e214984b9d01783dd3bc875|title=Who's Dina Powell? A rising Trump national security figure|work=AP News|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}} Powell relocated from New York City to Washington as part of taking this job.{{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}} Powell intended to only join the administration for one year.{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/dina-powell-graceful-exit-follows-months-of-quiet-concerns|title="When Should I Leave?": Dina Powell's Graceful Exit Follows Months of Quiet Concerns|first=Gabriel|last=Sherman|website=Vanity Fair |date=December 8, 2017 }} As part of this change of path she became divested of her interest in Goldman Sachs.{{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=Bloomberg}}

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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.Patricia Garcia, [http://www.vogue.com/article/dina-powell-trump-influence-trump-white-house "Who Is Dina Powell? Ivanka Trump's Right-Hand Woman Is a Rising Star in the White House"] {{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. 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.{{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=CBS News |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}} 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{{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 |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 }} 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.{{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=The Washington Post|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}}

Powell was on the short list for White House Chief of Staff to replace Reince Priebus.{{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=Politico |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}} Ivanka and her husband were pushing for Powell.[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/us/politics/trump-white-house-obamacare-health.html?_r=0 "John Kelly, Asserting Authority, Fires Anthony Scaramucci"] {{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. 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.

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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.{{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=Politico }}{{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=Fox News Channel |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 }} 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.Jim Rutenberg, "'Morning Joe' Row Underscores Cable TV Fixation," New York Times, July 1, 2017. p. A13

In April 2017 The New York Times labeled Powell a "rising star" in the national security establishment,David E. Sanger, [https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/us/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-room-syria-strike.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0&referer=https://www.bing.com/search?q=dina+powell+%22rising+star%22&form=APIPH1&PC=APPL "Who Was in the Room? These Advisers Joined Trump for the Syria Strike"] {{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 }}, The New York Times, April 7, 2017. 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."{{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=The Washington Post |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 }} 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.{{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=The Washington Post |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 }} For her part, Powell assisted McMaster in his development of working relationships with various members of the Cabinet.{{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=The Washington Post|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}} 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."{{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=Al Jazeera|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}} 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.{{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=The Washington Post |date=2017-05-15 |access-date=2018-11-16}} While she dissembled to cover up the president's error, he later admitted to having revealed these secrets.{{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=Vanity Fair |date=May 16, 2017 |access-date=November 16, 2018}}

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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.{{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}}{{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=CNN|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}} 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.{{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=Politico |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 }}

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.{{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=Politico |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}}

She then went to the Middle East on the next Kushner peace process trip.{{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 }} This took place in late August 2017 and also made the involvement of envoy Jason Greenblatt.{{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=Business Insider |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}} By this time the likes of Bannon and Gorka were gone from the White House while Powell was still an ascendant force there.{{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}} The trip was viewed positively within the Administration, which continued to think that an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal was achievable.{{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=The Washington Times |access-date=October 26, 2017}} This was followed by a secret trip to the Middle East made by Kushner, Powell, and others.{{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=Newsweek|access-date=December 10, 2017}}{{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=CNN|website=JG-TC.com|access-date=December 10, 2017}} 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.{{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=The New York Times|date=November 11, 2017|access-date=December 10, 2017|last1=Baker|first1=Peter}} 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.{{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=Politico|date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=December 10, 2017}} She worked on it intensively with McMaster and senior NSC staffer Nadia Schadlow.{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/scoop-trump-approves-national-security-strategy-2514637164.html|title=Scoop: Trump approves National Security Strategy|website=Axios|date=December 3, 2017 |access-date=November 16, 2018}} In doing so they talked with numerous national security experts and stakeholders as well as gaining the buy-in of Cabinet-level officials.

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/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=CBS News |date=January 9, 2018 }} Powell planned to return to her life in New York,{{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}} 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.{{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}} Several officials viewed her departure as a significant loss for the White House.{{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=The Hill|access-date=December 10, 2017}} NSC staffer Nadia Schadlow was chosen to replace Powell.{{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=Politico |date=January 21, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018}}

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.{{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}} 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.{{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=CNBC |date=October 11, 2018|access-date=November 16, 2018}} Ultimately, Powell announced to friends the time was not right for her family or Goldman Sachs,{{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=Axios|date=October 12, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018}} and by October 11 she told the White House that she was withdrawing from consideration.{{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 }}

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.{{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 }} One report had her as one of the two leading candidates.{{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 | Fox News| website=Fox News }} However Kelly Knight Craft was chosen and it was unclear if Powell was ever interested or in serious consideration.{{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=Politico |date=February 22, 2019 }}

Also around this time, Powell was also considered to become the first female president of the World Bank.{{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=The Wall Street Journal|date=January 24, 2019|last1=Zumbrun|first1=Josh}} She was also under consideration for White House Chief of Staff.{{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=Politico | date=December 10, 2018 }}

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.{{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}} Her mission would be to teach diplomacy and ideas and practices of foreign affairs,{{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=The Washington Times |access-date=November 16, 2018}} and her capacity would be that of a non-residential senior fellow.

Later in February 2018 it was announced that Powell would return to Goldman Sachs. The position would be on the firm's management committee.{{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=CNBC |date=February 27, 2018|access-date=November 16, 2018}}

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."{{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 }} She played a key part in Goldman Sachs' role for the massive 2019 initial public offering of Saudi Aramco. https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/goldman-head-sovereign-business-powell-mccormick-moves-merchant-bank-source-2023-05-30/ 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.{{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=The Wall Street Journal |date=30 May 2023}} 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.{{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}}

Dina and Richard Powell divorced in 2017.

By 2018, Powell was engaged to financier and former government official Dave McCormick.{{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=Politico |date=October 9, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018}} In 2019, she and McCormick were married.{{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=New York Intelligencer |language=en-us}}{{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}} 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.{{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=Politico |date=January 11, 2022 |language=en}} 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.{{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=Yahoo! News |date=March 20, 2022 |language=en-US}} The efforts did not have success, as the endorsement went to Oz.{{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=HuffPost |language=en}}

The Republican primary election was very close and went to a recount phase, but in the end McCormick lost to Oz.{{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=CNBC |date=June 3, 2022 |language=en}} Oz proceeded to lose the general election to the Democrat, John Fetterman.{{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=Yahoo! News |date=November 10, 2022 |language=en-US}}

On September 21, 2023, McCormick announced his second campaign for the 2024 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania;{{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=Politico|date=September 21, 2023}} he did not face strong primary opposition as he had the previous time and won the Republican primary unopposed.{{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=The Independent |language=en}} Powell was part of his September 2023 campaign announcement.{{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=Associated Press News | date=September 21, 2023 }} He defeated Democratic incumbent Bob Casey Jr in the general election.

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.{{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=CNBC |date=October 20, 2022 |language=en}} 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.

Powell was selected as one of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders. The selection happened sometime prior to or in 2010.[http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_YGL_ActiveMembers_2010.pdf WEF YGL Active Members] p. 13

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.{{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 }}

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.{{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}}

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.{{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 }}

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• [https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/nsc/ Official NSC website]
• [https://www.c-span.org/person/?dinapowell C-SPAN appearances]
• [https://www.goldmansachs.com/who-we-are/leadership/management-committee/dina-h-powell.html Profile page at Goldman Sachs – current stint]
• [http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/outlook/bios/dina_habib_powell_bio.pdf Profile page at Goldman Sachs – prior stint] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010183808/http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/outlook/bios/dina_habib_powell_bio.pdf |date=October 10, 2017 }}
• [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dina-powell/the-future-of-egypt-depen_b_3562104.html Dina Powell in the Huffington Post: The Future of Egypt Depends on Investing in Women]
• [http://gotham-magazine.com/new-yorks-most-influential-women Style portrayal in Gotham magazine]

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