Barbara Blum

Barbara Davis Blum (born July 6, 1939) is an American businesswoman, public health administrator, and environmental advocate who served as the deputy administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency from 1977 to 1981. From 1983 to 1998, she was the president and chief executive of Adams National Bank, the first federally chartered bank to be owned and managed by women. The bank was later renamed Abigail Adams National Bancorp.

Early life and education Blum was born July 6, 1939, in Hutchinson, Kansas, and attended Florida State University, where she received both a bachelor's degree and master's degree in social work.

Career Blum was a faculty member at the Pediatric Psychiatry Clinic at the University of Kansas Medical Center. From 1963 to 1964, she served as acting administrator of the Suffolk County Mental Health Clinic in Huntington, New York. In 1964, Blum co-founded the Mid-Suffolk Center for Psychotherapy in Hauppauge, New York, where she held the position of partner and center administrator until 1966.

Blum has held various positions on boards and commissions,

During her tenure at the EPA, she established the National Hazardous Waste Enforcement Task Force to coordinate the clean up of toxic waste at so-called superfund sites. She was also part of the EPA's 1978 recall of American Motors Corporation vehicles because of faulty exhaust systems that permit nitrogen oxide to escape into the air. The recall affected 270,000 Hornets, Gremlins, Pacers and Matadors, as well as 40,000 Jeeps and postal delivery trucks.