Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Appearance
Administrator of the Small Business Administration of the United States | |
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Small Business Administration | |
Seat | 409 3rd Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20416 |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | 15 U.S.C. § 633 |
Inaugural holder | William D. Mitchell |
Formation | July 30, 1953 |
Deputy | Deputy Administrator |
Salary | Executive Schedule, level III |
Website | www.sba.gov |
The Administrator of the Small Business Administration is the head of the Small Business Administration of the United States Government.
Background
[change | change source]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.[1] The position was established in 1953 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.[2]
List of administrators
[change | change source] Denotes an Acting Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Denotes Nominee for Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Officeholder | Term | President(s) | ||
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William D. Mitchell | August 1, 1953 – October 30, 1953 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
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Wendell B. Barnes | February 9, 1954 – November 21, 1959 | ||
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Philip McCallum | November 23, 1959 – January 20, 1961 | ||
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John E. Horne | February 2, 1961 – August 7, 1963 | John F. Kennedy | |
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Eugene P. Foley | August 8, 1963 – September 10, 1965 | ||
Lyndon B. Johnson | ||||
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Bernard L. Boutin | May 19, 1966 – July 31, 1967 | ||
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Robert C. Moot | August 1, 1967 – July 31, 1968 | ||
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Howard J. Samuels | August 1, 1968 – February 22, 1969 | ||
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Hilary J. Sandoval Jr. | March 5, 1969 – January 1, 1971 | Richard Nixon | |
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Thomas S. Kleppe | January 18, 1971 – October 12, 1975 | ||
Gerald Ford | ||||
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Mitchell P. Kobelinski | February 12, 1976 – March 4, 1977 | ||
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A. Vernon Weaver | April 1, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | |
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Michael Cardenas | March 30, 1981 – February 3, 1982 | Ronald Reagan | |
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James C. Sanders | March 29, 1982 – March 31, 1986 | ||
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Charles Heatherly Acting |
March 31, 1986 – March 23, 1987 | ||
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James Abdnor | March 23, 1987 – April 20, 1989 | ||
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Susan Engeleiter | April 20, 1989 – March 27, 1991 | George H. W. Bush | |
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Pat Saiki | March 27, 1991 – January 20, 1993 | ||
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Dayton J. Watkins Acting |
January 20, 1993 – May 12, 1993 | Bill Clinton | |
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Erskine Bowles | May 12, 1993 – October 6, 1994 | ||
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Cassandra M. Pulley Acting |
October 6, 1994 – October 8, 1994 | ||
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Philip Lader | October 8, 1994 – February 11, 1997 | ||
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Ginger Lew Acting |
February 11, 1997 – March 7, 1997 | ||
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Aída Álvarez | March 7, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | ||
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John D. Whitmore Acting |
January 20, 2001 – July 25, 2001 | George W. Bush | |
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Hector Barreto | July 25, 2001 – July 2, 2006 | ||
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Steve Preston | July 10, 2006 – June 5, 2008 | ||
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Sandy Baruah Acting |
June 5, 2008 – January 20, 2009 | ||
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Darryl Hairston Acting |
January 20, 2009 – April 6, 2009 | Barack Obama | |
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Karen Mills | April 6, 2009 – September 1, 2013 | ||
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Jeanne Hulit Acting |
September 1, 2013 – February 7, 2014 | ||
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Marianne Markowitz Acting |
February 7, 2014 – April 7, 2014 | ||
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Maria Contreras-Sweet | April 7, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | ||
Joseph Loddo Acting |
January 20, 2017 – February 14, 2017 | Donald Trump | ||
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Linda McMahon | February 14, 2017 – April 12, 2019 | ||
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Chris Pilkerton Acting |
April 13, 2019 – January 14, 2020 | ||
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Jovita Carranza | January 14, 2020 – January 20, 2021 | ||
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Tami Perriello Acting[3][4] |
January 20, 2021 – March 17, 2021 | Joe Biden | |
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Isabel Guzman | March 17, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | ||
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Everett Woodel Acting |
January 20, 2025 – February 20, 2025 | Donald Trump | |
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Kelly Loeffler | February 20, 2025 – Present |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Obama to Elevate SBA Chief
- ↑ "SBA head, Maine native Mills to be elevated to cabinet level position". Archived from the original on 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
- ↑ "SBA Leadership". Archived from the original on 19 January 2021.
- ↑ "Tami Perriello". Archived from the original on 2021-01-23.