Administrator of the Small Business Administration

Administrator of Small Business Administration
Seal of the Small Business Administration
since February 20, 2025
Small Business Administration
Seat409 3rd Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20416
AppointerThe president
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrument15 U.S.C. § 633
Inaugural holderWilliam D. Mitchell
FormationJuly 30, 1953
DeputyDeputy Administrator
SalaryExecutive Schedule, level III
Websitewww.sba.gov

The administrator of the Small Business Administration is the head of the Small Business Administration of the United States. The administrator is responsible for managing and the day-to-day operations of the agency. The administrator is nominated by the president of the United States and must be confirmed by a vote of the Senate.

In January 2012, President Barack Obama announced that the SBA administrator would be elevated to Cabinet rank, a position it last held during the Clinton administration.[1][2][3]

The most recent confirmed administrator was Kelly Loeffler, who was nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate on February 20, 2025.[4]

List of administrators

  Denotes an acting administrator of the Small Business Administration

The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:

No. Image Name Start End Refs. President(s)
1 William D. Mitchell August 1, 1953 October 30, 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)
2 Wendell B. Barnes February 9, 1954 November 21, 1959
3 Philip McCallum November 23, 1959 January 20, 1961
4 John E. Horne February 2, 1961 August 7, 1963 John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963)
5 Eugene P. Foley August 8, 1963 September 10, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)
6 Bernard L. Boutin May 19, 1966 July 31, 1967
7 Robert C. Moot August 1, 1967 July 31, 1968
8 Howard J. Samuels August 1, 1968 February 22, 1969
9 Hilary J. Sandoval Jr. March 5, 1969 January 1, 1971 Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
10 Thomas S. Kleppe January 18, 1971 October 12, 1975
Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
11 Mitchell P. Kobelinski February 12, 1976 March 4, 1977
12 A. Vernon Weaver April 1, 1977 January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
13 Michael Cardenas March 30, 1981 February 3, 1982 Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)
14 James C. Sanders March 29, 1982 March 31, 1986
– Charles Heatherly
Acting 		March 31, 1986 March 23, 1987
15 James Abdnor March 23, 1987 April 20, 1989
16 Susan Engeleiter April 20, 1989 March 27, 1991 George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)
17 Pat Saiki March 27, 1991 January 20, 1993
– Dayton J. Watkins
Acting 		January 20, 1993 May 12, 1993 Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)
18 Erskine Bowles May 12, 1993 October 6, 1994
– Cassandra M. Pulley
Acting 		October 6, 1994 October 8, 1994
19 Philip Lader October 8, 1994 February 11, 1997
– Ginger Lew
Acting 		February 11, 1997 March 7, 1997
20 Aída Álvarez March 7, 1997 January 20, 2001
– John D. Whitmore
Acting 		January 20, 2001 July 25, 2001 George W. Bush
(2001–2009)
21 Hector Barreto July 25, 2001 July 2, 2006
22 Steve Preston July 10, 2006 June 5, 2008
– Sandy Baruah
Acting 		June 5, 2008 January 20, 2009
– Darryl Hairston
Acting 		January 20, 2009 April 6, 2009 Barack Obama
(2009–2017)
23 Karen Mills April 6, 2009 September 1, 2013 [5]
– Jeanne Hulit
Acting 		September 1, 2013 February 7, 2014 [6]
– Marianne Markowitz
Acting 		February 7, 2014 April 7, 2014
24 Maria Contreras-Sweet April 7, 2014 January 20, 2017 [7]
– Joseph Loddo
Acting 		January 20, 2017 February 14, 2017 Donald Trump
(2017–2021)
25 Linda McMahon February 14, 2017 April 12, 2019 [8]
– Chris Pilkerton
Acting 		April 13, 2019 January 14, 2020
26 Jovita Carranza January 14, 2020 January 20, 2021 [9]
– Tami Perriello
Acting 		January 20, 2021 March 17, 2021 [10][11][12] Joe Biden
(2021–2025)
27 Isabel Guzman March 17, 2021 January 20, 2025 [13]
– Everett Woodel
Acting 		January 20, 2025 February 20, 2025 [14] Donald Trump
(2025–present)
28 Kelly Loeffler February 20, 2025 present [15]

Line of succession

The line of succession for the administrator of the Small Business Administration is as follows:[16]

  1. Chief of Staff
  2. General Counsel
  3. Associate Administrator; Office of Capital Access
  4. Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Assistance
  5. Regional Administrator for Region IX (Phoenix, Arizona)
  6. Regional Administrator for Region VIII (Denver, Colorado)

References

  1. ^ Maltby, Emily (January 13, 2012). "Obama to Elevate SBA Chief". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023.
  2. ^ SBA head, Maine native Mills to be elevated to cabinet-level position Archived May 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Administrators of the SBA sba.gov Archived October 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Senate confirms Kelly Loeffler to lead Small Business Administration". Fox News. February 19, 2025. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
  5. ^ Clifford, Catherine (July 18, 2013). "SBA Chief Karen Mills Leaving With No Replacement Named". Entrepreneur.
  6. ^ "SBA names Jeanne Hulit as acting chief". WFED. August 21, 2013.
  7. ^ Vargas, Katherine (April 8, 2014). "Maria Contreras-Sweet Ceremonially Sworn In as Administrator of the Small Business Administration". The White House – via NARA.
  8. ^ Bowman, Michael (February 14, 2017). "Linda McMahon Confirmed to Lead Small Business Administration". Voice of America.
  9. ^ Williams, Emily (January 16, 2020). "Advocacy Welcomes Small Business Administrator Jovita Carranza". SBA.
  10. ^ "SBA Leadership". Archived from the original on January 19, 2021.
  11. ^ "Tami Perriello". Archived from the original on January 23, 2021.
  12. ^ "Biden names acting agency heads". Independent Community Bankers of America. January 22, 2021.
  13. ^ "Isabella Casillas Guzman Confirmed as 27th SBA Administrator". SBA. March 19, 2021.
  14. ^ "President Trump Announces Acting Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Positions". The White House. January 20, 2025.
  15. ^ Edwards, Jane (February 20, 2025). "Kelly Loeffler Confirmed as SBA Administrator". ExecutiveGov.
  16. ^ "Administrator's Line of Succession Designation, No. 1-A, Revision 37". Federal Register. May 13, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2023.


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