Administrator of the Small Business Administration

Administrator of the Small Business Administration of the United States
Incumbent Isabel Guzman since March 17, 2021
Inaugural holder	William D. Mitchell
Formation	July 30, 1953
Website	SBA Administrator

The Administrator of the Small Business Administration is the head of the Small Business Administration of the United States Government.

Background

President Obama announced in January 2012 that he would elevate the SBA into the Cabinet. This is a position that last held during the Clinton administration. The position was established in 1953 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

List of administrators

  Denotes an Acting Administrator of the Small Business Administration

  Denotes Nominee for Administrator of the Small Business Administration

Officeholder		Term	President(s)
	William D. Mitchell	August 1, 1953 – October 30, 1953		Dwight D. Eisenhower
	Wendell B. Barnes	February 9, 1954 – November 21, 1959
	Philip McCallum	November 23, 1959 – January 20, 1961
	John E. Horne	February 2, 1961 – August 7, 1963		John F. Kennedy
	Eugene P. Foley	August 8, 1963 – September 10, 1965
				Lyndon B. Johnson
	Bernard L. Boutin	May 19, 1966 – July 31, 1967
	Robert C. Moot	August 1, 1967 – July 31, 1968
	Howard J. Samuels	August 1, 1968 – February 22, 1969
	Hilary J. Sandoval Jr.	March 5, 1969 – January 1, 1971		Richard Nixon
	Thomas S. Kleppe	January 18, 1971 – October 12, 1975
				Gerald Ford
	Mitchell P. Kobelinski	February 12, 1976 – March 4, 1977
	A. Vernon Weaver	April 1, 1977 – January 20, 1981		Jimmy Carter
	Michael Cardenas	March 30, 1981 – February 3, 1982		Ronald Reagan
	James C. Sanders	March 29, 1982 – March 31, 1986
	Charles Heatherly Acting	March 31, 1986 – March 23, 1987
	James Abdnor	March 23, 1987 – April 20, 1989
	Susan Engeleiter	April 20, 1989 – March 27, 1991		George H. W. Bush
	Pat Saiki	March 27, 1991 – January 20, 1993
	Dayton J. Watkins Acting	January 20, 1993 – May 12, 1993		Bill Clinton
	Erskine Bowles	May 12, 1993 – October 6, 1994
	Cassandra M. Pulley Acting	October 6, 1994 – October 8, 1994
	Philip Lader	October 8, 1994 – February 11, 1997
	Ginger Lew Acting	February 11, 1997 – March 7, 1997
	Aída Álvarez	March 7, 1997 – January 20, 2001
	John D. Whitmore Acting	January 20, 2001 – July 25, 2001		George W. Bush
	Hector Barreto	July 25, 2001 – July 2, 2006
	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
	Karen Mills	April 6, 2009 – September 1, 2013
	Jeanne Hulit Acting	September 1, 2013 – February 7, 2014
	Marianne Markowitz Acting	February 7, 2014 – April 7, 2014
	Maria Contreras-Sweet	April 7, 2014 – January 20, 2017
	Joseph Loddo Acting	January 20, 2017 – February 14, 2017		Donald Trump
	Linda McMahon	February 14, 2017 – April 12, 2019
	Chris Pilkerton Acting	April 13, 2019 – January 14, 2020
	Jovita Carranza	January 14, 2020 – January 20, 2021
	Tami Perriello Acting	January 20, 2021 – March 17, 2021		Joe Biden
	Isabel Guzman	Since March 17, 2021