The White House announced in a statement Wednesday that President Donald Trump has picked California businesswoman and former Los Angeles Dodgers President and CEO Jamie McCourt to become the next U.S. ambassador to France and Monaco. "Jamie McCourt, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the French Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Principality of Monaco," the statement said.