Marc Pachter Biography

Marc Pachter was the Smithsonian's deputy assistant secretary for external affairs from 1990 to 1994 overseeing Smithsonian magazine SI Press and membership and development programs. Later he was appointed counselor to the Secretary overseeing electronic media issues chairing the institution's 150th anniversary and facilitating key international partnerships. He was appointed Director at the National Portrait Gallery in 2000. Pachter also served as acting director of the National Museum of American History becoming the first person at the Smithsonian to serve in concurrent directorships. As part of the Smithsonian's administration Pachter has served as the chair of the Institution's joint venture in video history with the Sloan Foundation and as consultant to Smithsonian World (PBS). He was the senior consultant for a six-program documentary history of American business and for a PBS program by Tom Peters on the public sector. He has served as a consultant on programs produced for international broadcast and distribution. Since 1996 he has directed an initiative launched by the Smithsonian to explore television and feature film opportunities with the Creative Artists Agency in Hollywood.

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