Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Administrator of the Small Business Administration of the United States | |
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![]() Seal of the Small Business Administration | |
![]() Isabel Guzman since March 17, 2021 | |
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 current administrator is Isabel Guzman, who was nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the senate on March 16, 2021.[4]
List of administrators
Image | Officeholder | Term | President(s) | |
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![]() | 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[5][6] | January 20, 2021 – March 17, 2021 | Joe Biden | |
![]() | Isabel Casillas Guzman | March 17, 2021 – Present |
Line of succession
The line of succession for the administrator of the Small Business Administration is as follows:[7]
- Chief of Staff
- General Counsel
- Associate Administrator; Office of Capital Access
- Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Assistance
- Regional Administrator for Region IX (Phoenix, Arizona)
- Regional Administrator for Region VIII (Denver, Colorado)
References
- ^ Maltby, Emily (January 13, 2012). "Obama to Elevate SBA Chief". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023.
- ^ SBA head, Maine native Mills to be elevated to cabinet level position Archived May 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Administrators of the SBA sba.gov Archived October 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Senate confirms Isabel Guzman to lead small business agency". PBS NewsHour. March 16, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "SBA Leadership". Archived from the original on January 19, 2021.
- ^ "Tami Perriello". Archived from the original on January 23, 2021.
- ^ "Administrator's Line of Succession Designation, No. 1-A, Revision 37". Federal Register. May 13, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
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- Cardenas
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- Engeleiter
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- McMahon
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- Carranza
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- Guzman
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