What do Pearl Jam and Condoleezza Rice have in common? A little bit more now, thanks to Dropbox.

Condoleezza Rice, the former U.S. Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, has joined the Dropbox board of directors, making her just the company's fourth board member. In that role, she is expected to help the cloud storage company with its global expansion efforts and privacy issues.

“As a country, we are having a great national conversation and debate about exactly how to manage privacy concerns. I look forward to helping Dropbox navigate it," Rice told Bloomberg Businessweek, which was the first to report the news.

Pearl Jam, the popular rock band, has also invested in Dropbox, according to the Businessweek report.

Adding Condi Rice to the Dropbox board might be the most tone-deaf move by a big Silicon Valley company in as long as I can remember.

— Ed Bott (@edbott) April 9, 2014

This news raised a few eyebrows, not least because of clashes in the past between Pearl Jam and the Bush administration. As Dan Primack at Fortune noted, "Pearl Jam has spent the better part of a decade slamming the morality of decisions made by people like Rice." But apparently the opportunity to be part of the rapidly growing Dropbox trumps all differences.

Dropbox raised $350 million in funding earlier this year at a $10 billion valuation. The company is widely expected to go public later this year or next.

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