Administrator of the Small Business Administration

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Administrator of Small Business Administration
Seal of the United States Small Business Administration.svg
Seal of the Small Business Administration
Kelly Loeffler, official portrait (2025) (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Kelly Loeffler
since February 20, 2025
Small Business Administration
Seat 409 3rd Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20416
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Term length No fixed term
Constituting instrument 15 U.S.C.   § 633
Inaugural holderWilliam D. Mitchell
FormationJuly 30, 1953
DeputyDeputy 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. 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.

Contents

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.ImageNameStartEndPresident(s)
1 No image.svg William D. Mitchell August 1, 1953October 30, 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)
2 No image.svg Wendell B. Barnes February 9, 1954November 21, 1959
3 No image.svg Philip McCallum November 23, 1959January 20, 1961
4 No image.svg John E. Horne February 2, 1961August 7, 1963 John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963)
5 No image.svg Eugene P. Foley August 8, 1963September 10, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)
6 Bernard L. Boutin (cropped).jpg Bernard L. Boutin May 19, 1966July 31, 1967
7 No image.svg Robert C. Moot August 1, 1967July 31, 1968
8 Howard Samuels OTB (cropped).jpg Howard J. Samuels August 1, 1968February 22, 1969
9 No image.svg Hilary J. Sandoval Jr. March 5, 1969January 1, 1971 Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
10 Thomas S Kleppe.gif Thomas S. Kleppe January 18, 1971October 12, 1975
Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
11 No image.svg Mitchell P. Kobelinski February 12, 1976March 4, 1977
12 No image.svg A. Vernon Weaver April 1, 1977January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
13 No image.svg Michael Cardenas March 30, 1981February 3, 1982 Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)
14 No image.svg James C. Sanders March 29, 1982March 31, 1986
Charles Heatherly.png Charles Heatherly
Acting
March 31, 1986March 23, 1987
15 JamesAbdnor.jpg James Abdnor March 23, 1987April 20, 1989
16 Susan Engeleiter (cropped).jpg Susan Engeleiter April 20, 1989March 27, 1991 George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)
17 Pat Saiki.jpg Pat Saiki March 27, 1991January 20, 1993
No image.svg Dayton J. Watkins
Acting
January 20, 1993May 12, 1993 Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)
18 Erskine Bowles in 2010 (cropped).jpg Erskine Bowles May 12, 1993October 6, 1994
No image.svg Cassandra M. Pulley
Acting
October 6, 1994October 8, 1994
19 Philip Lader.jpg Philip Lader October 8, 1994February 11, 1997
No image.svg Ginger Lew
Acting
February 11, 1997March 7, 1997
20 Aida Alvarez in 1999 (11B).jpg Aída Álvarez March 7, 1997January 20, 2001
No image.svg John D. Whitmore
Acting
January 20, 2001July 25, 2001 George W. Bush
(2001–2009)
21 Hector Barreto.jpg Hector Barreto July 25, 2001July 2, 2006
22 Steve Preston HUD.jpg Steve Preston July 10, 2006June 5, 2008
Sandy K. Baruah.jpg Sandy Baruah
Acting
June 5, 2008January 20, 2009
No image.svg Darryl Hairston
Acting
January 20, 2009April 6, 2009 Barack Obama
(2009–2017)
23 Karen Mills official portrait.jpg Karen Mills April 6, 2009September 1, 2013
Jeanne Hulit official portrait.jpg Jeanne Hulit
Acting
September 1, 2013February 7, 2014
Marianne Markowitz.png Marianne Markowitz
Acting
February 7, 2014April 7, 2014
24 Maria Contreras-Sweet official portrait (cropped).jpg Maria Contreras-Sweet April 7, 2014January 20, 2017
Joseph Loddo, Administrator of the Small Business Administration of the United States Acting.png Joseph Loddo
Acting
January 20, 2017February 14, 2017 Donald Trump
(2017–2021)
25 Linda McMahon official photo (cropped).jpg Linda McMahon February 14, 2017April 12, 2019
Chris Pilkerton official photo (cropped).jpg Chris Pilkerton
Acting
April 13, 2019January 14, 2020
26 Administrator Jovita Carranza portrait (cropped).jpg Jovita Carranza January 14, 2020January 20, 2021
Tami-perriello.png Tami Perriello
Acting [5] [6]
January 20, 2021March 17, 2021 Joe Biden
(2021–2025)
27 Isabella Casillas Guzman, SBA Administrator (cropped).png Isabel Guzman March 17, 2021January 20, 2025
No image.svg Everett Woodel
Acting
January 20, 2025February 20, 2025 Donald Trump
(2025–present)
28 Kelly Loeffler, official portrait (2025).jpg Kelly Loeffler February 20, 2025Present

Line of succession

The line of succession for the administrator of the Small Business Administration is as follows: [7]

  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. "SBA Leadership". Archived from the original on January 19, 2021.
  6. "Tami Perriello". Archived from the original on January 23, 2021.
  7. "Administrator's Line of Succession Designation, No. 1-A, Revision 37". Federal Register. May 13, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2023.