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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

  Denotes an Acting Administrator of the Small Business Administration
  Denotes Nominee for Administrator of the Small Business Administration
The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:
Image 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[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]

  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 Isabel Guzman to lead small business agency". PBS NewsHour. March 16, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  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.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrator_of_the_Small_Business_Administration