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Andrea Smith

Andrea Smith

Retired US Coast Guard Commander (CGA '01), first African American woman to earn an engineering degree from the Coast Guard Academy; now Senior Program Manager at SAIC.

Sep 24, 2026

50 Years of HerStory

50 Years of HerStory

Episode 7: It Was the People with CDR Andrea Smith '01 (Ret.)

Sep 24 · 1h 3m

Nicole Bogdan
Nicole BogdanHOST
36:50
hoping you could explain a little bit about what Eclipse is and what this 50 years of Eclipse means for the Academy.
Andrea Smith
Andrea SmithGUEST
37:00
Yeah, thank you so much for this opportunity.
Andrea Smith
Andrea SmithGUEST
37:03
So that place for me was Genesis Council.
Andrea Smith
Andrea SmithGUEST
37:05
Okay.
Andrea Smith
Andrea SmithGUEST
37:06
And I, of all the things I accomplished, I was on red staff.
Andrea Smith
Andrea SmithGUEST
37:10
I, you know, was a captain of the club sport.
Andrea Smith
Andrea SmithGUEST
37:14
You know, I finished with an engineering degree.

9 MINS LATER

Nicole Bogdan
Nicole BogdanHOST
46:37
And I would love to, for you to be able to share that part of your story.

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