Tim Cook visits White House

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Thursday became the latest tech executive to pay a visit to the White House this year.

President Trump and his eldest daughter, senior adviser Ivanka Trump, told reporters during a lunch meeting with governors that Cook was at the White House earlier in the day as part of his work with the White House workforce advisory board.

“We’ve secured commitments from [the private sector] to do more,” Ivanka Trump told the room of governors, according to a White House transcript. “Tim Cook, from Apple, who was here today, who’s also on the advisory board.”

“Who just left,” the president chimed in. “He just left our office.”

Ivanka Trump praised Cook’s contributions to White House initiatives, saying he has been a “real force on both the advisory board and in his commitment to lifelong learning generally.”

Cook in February joined the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, a body tasked with developing a “21st century workforce” plan. The board, which includes other CEOs, is co-chaired by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Ivanka Trump.