Larry Blum became the Deputy Administrator the Office of
Scientific and Technical Affairs in April 2009. This
office monitors technical and sanitary
and phytosanitary barriers to agricultural trade, along with food safety
related issues, with input from FAS field offices, other U.S. Government
agencies, the private sector, and industry.
Prior to this assignment, Blum served as Acting Deputy
Administrator for the Office of Trade Programs and he was the Director of the
Cotton, Oilseeds, Tobacco and Seeds (COTS) Division in Commodity and
Marketing Programs of the Foreign Agricultural Service.
He has been in that position since April, 1997. Previously,
he was the Director of the Forest and Fishery Products Division.
Mr. Blum has served in the Trade Policy Program area as well
as overseas as an attaché in the agricultural office of the U.S. embassy in
Bonn, Germany.
He has a masters degree in business administration and an
undergraduate degree in economics.
