Dina Powell McCormick
Global Head of Sustainability and Inclusive Growth at Goldman Sachs
“One of the best investments that not only will drive GDP growth, but will also have an enormous multiplier effect, would be helping women grow their businesses around the world.”
Summary
On this episode of Leadership Matters, Dina Powell McCormick reflects on leadership lessons that she learned up while working in the State Department and how they translate in her role as Global Head of Sustainability and Inclusive Growth at Goldman Sachs.
In this wide-ranging discussion with host Alan Fleischmann, she discusses her leadership philosophy and the importance of creating leadership roles for women & people of color, explaining how inclusivity has a positive effect on working environments and global prosperity.
She believes in leading by example, and uses her creation of the 10,000 women, and 10,000 Small Businesses initiatives as examples of just how impactful the empowerment of women can be.
Mentions & Resources in this Episode
Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants, by former President George W. Bush
Kay Bailey Hutchinson, American attorney
Mary Barra, CEO of GM
Guest Bio
Dina Powell McCormick is an American financial executive, philanthropist and political advisor. Currently she is head of sustainability and inclusive growth at Goldman Sachs, as well as the head of the firm’s sovereign business, where she works to advance sustainability efforts and maintain the firm’s relationships with sovereign clients.
She serves on the management committee, and the firmwide client and business standards committee. She also serves on the Department of Defense Business Board.
McCormick has performed many functions in her career at Goldman Sachs & its subsidiary non-profit foundation and has deployed more than $5 billion in market-based loans and equity to drive sustainable economic development. She also led two major initiatives to drive economic growth: 10,000 Women and 10,000 Small Businesses.
Prior to her time with Goldman Sachs, Dina worked for the George W. Bush administration as an Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel, and then as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. She would also become Deputy Undersecretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy.
More recently, she served as Deputy National Security Advisor in 2017-2018, as well as senior counselor for economic initiatives. She has a bachelor's degree in humanities from the University of Texas.
