Facebook Inc named Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg a director, elevating the first woman to a board that includes seven men.
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Sheryl Sandberg, 42, was Facebook's first high-profile hire, coming to the social-networking site from Google in 2008.
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Sandberg was previously chief of staff for the United States Treasury Department under President Bill Clinton.
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Her promotion comes as Facebook seeks to cultivate a more mature image as opposed to the college dorm-room startup reputation that has dogged the company since Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg founded it in 2004.
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She holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and was also an undergraduate at Harvard.
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Sandberg holds seats on the board of Walt Disney Co and several non-profit organizations such as Women for Women International.
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She was also a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and an economist with the World Bank.
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Under Sandberg's stewardship, Facebook navigated its rocky IPO in May.
