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Administrator of the Small Business Administration

Summary

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.

Administrator of the Small Business Administration of the
United States
Seal of the Small Business Administration
Incumbent
Isabel Guzman
since March 17, 2021
Seat409 3rd Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20416
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrument15 U.S.C. § 633
Inaugural holderWilliam D. Mitchell
FormationJuly 30, 1953
DeputyDeputy Administrator
SalaryExecutive Schedule, level III
Websitewww.sba.gov

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 edit

  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 edit

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 edit

  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.