text: Anonymous sources supposedly affiliated with Romney's transition project claimed he hoped to be appointed as Romney's United States Secretary of State. This speculation was also fueled by Politico in August 2012, when it was reported that 'in diplomatic circles it is seen as very likely' that Zoellick "could get the top job" as Secretary of State in a potential Romney cabinet. However, other anonymous "former Romney advisers" stated to Foreign Policy that foreign policy transition team members would not necessarily receive certain jobs in Romney's potential administration.  This speculation about Zoellick's possible role in a Romney administration was moot when Romney lost the election to incumbent Barack Obama.
  Board memberships and honors
  Zoellick has served as a board member for a number of private and public organizations, including Alliance Capital, Said Holdings, Rolls-Royce, the Precursor Group, and Laureate International Universities. Since 2013, he has been a member of the board of directors of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and since 2018 of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is an independent director of Robinhood  and a trustee of the Wildlife Conservation Society  He is also a member of Washington, D.C., based think tank, The Inter-American Dialogue. He chairs the Global Tiger Initiative and is a member of the Global Leadership Council of Mercy Corps, a global humanitarian agency. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
  Jack Dorsey announced on July 19, 2018, that Zoellick would be a member of Twitter's Board of Directors. As of April 22, 2022, Zoellick had neither posted on Twitter nor liked any other tweet.
  Since 2 August 2013, Zoellick has been a board member of Temasek Holdings - Singapore's Sovereign Wealth Fund.