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Bloomberg
19-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
The David Rubenstein Show: Brandie Smith
Brandie Smith is the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. In an episode of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations," she talks about the history of the giant pandas first arriving in the United States in the early 1970s as a state gift from China, the National Zoo's wider conservation efforts, and what it's like to have the popular pandas back in the US. This interview was recorded January 13 in Washington DC. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
05-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
How Brandie Smith Became Director of the National Zoo
Brandie Smith is the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. In an episode of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations," Smith reflects on her career, starting out as an intern as a zookeeper at the Pittsburgh Zoo and working her way to becoming the Director of the Smithsonian's National Zoo, overseeing its operations and the panda program. This interview was recorded January 13 in Washington DC. (Source: Bloomberg)
