Administrator of Small Business Administration | |
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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. 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]
The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:
No. | Image | Name | Start | End | President(s) | |
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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 | ||
– | ![]() | Jeanne Hulit Acting | September 1, 2013 | February 7, 2014 | ||
– | ![]() | Marianne Markowitz Acting | February 7, 2014 | April 7, 2014 | ||
24 | ![]() | Maria Contreras-Sweet | April 7, 2014 | January 20, 2017 | ||
– | ![]() | Joseph Loddo Acting | January 20, 2017 | February 14, 2017 | Donald Trump (2017–2021) | |
25 | ![]() | Linda McMahon | February 14, 2017 | April 12, 2019 | ||
– | ![]() | Chris Pilkerton Acting | April 13, 2019 | January 14, 2020 | ||
26 | ![]() | Jovita Carranza | January 14, 2020 | January 20, 2021 | ||
– | ![]() | Tami Perriello Acting [5] [6] | January 20, 2021 | March 17, 2021 | Joe Biden (2021–2025) | |
27 | ![]() | Isabel Guzman | March 17, 2021 | January 20, 2025 | ||
– | ![]() | Everett Woodel Acting | January 20, 2025 | February 20, 2025 | Donald Trump (2025–present) | |
28 | ![]() | Kelly Loeffler | February 20, 2025 | Present |
The line of succession for the administrator of the Small Business Administration is as follows: [7]