Dina Powell McCormick and Senator Dave McCormick Book Discussion

WHO BELIEVED IN YOU? 

Senator David McCormick and Dina Powell McCormick in conversation 

with Special Guest Whitney Wolfe Herd

About the Book

Unleash the power of transformative mentorship to create a new generation of leaders that reach their own potential and make an impact in the world.

All successful leaders stand on the shoulders of their mentor giants—people who saw something in them they may not have seen in themselves and helped them find and achieve their purpose in life. Mentors and their mentees help each other make meaningful impact in their own lives in the organizations in which they are part of and can make a major impact in their communities and beyond.

Who Believed in You shares the mentorship stories of some of our greatest leaders and influencers starting with the journeys of David McCormick and Dina Powell McCormick, and including leaders and luminaries like Stephen A. Schwarzman, Tory Burch, Alex Gorsky, David Chang, and many others. It unpacks the four critical elements of transformative mentorship—mutual trust, shared values, meaningful commitment, and the importance of instilling confidence—and offers guideposts and powerful illustrations from actual mentorship journeys that both show the way and inspire.

David and Dina share how transformative mentoring can be the unifying force in our country that invests in countless lives and helps build a new generation of values-based leaders and communities based on the ethos that “to whom much is given, much is expected.” Dina draws on her experience immigrating to America from Cairo, Egypt as a young girl, not speaking English, and how her mentors helped her realize her potential, eventually serving at the highest levels of the United States Government, most recently as Deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald J. Trump, as well as the highest levels of business and finance. David also shares how mentors in his life inspired him to keep going and reach higher to eventually become a United States Senator for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

David McCormick is an American politician and businessman who is a United States Senator for Pennsylvania. He served as chief executive officer of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest investment firms, from 2017 to 2022.  After graduating from West Point in 1987, he completed Army Ranger school and joined the 82nd Airborne Division. He served in combat in Iraq during the liberation of Kuwait in the Gulf War of 1991. David’s career has included a wide range of positions in business and government, including roles in strategic consulting, as CEO and then President of two publicly traded software companies, the National Security Council, and the US Department of Treasury.  

Join us for an inspiring conversation brought to you by Jeanne and Berry Cox, Brian Cossiboom, Kathy and Harlan Crow, Regen Horchow and Ken Hersh, Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison, James and Patty Huffines, Hunter and Stephanie Hunt, Hon. Eric Johnson, Nancy Perot Jones, Holly Kuzmich, Drew and Amy McKnight, Ross and Sarah Perot, Hon. Jeanne L. Phillips and Dr. Buddy Hurst, Hon. Margaret Spellings, Sam and Catherine Susser, Heather and Ray Washburne

Along with the George W. Bush Presidential Center, DFW World Affairs Council, Southern Methodist University, John G. Tower Center for Public Policy and International Affairs.