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Administrator of the Small Business Administration of the
United States
Seal of the United States Small Business Administration.svg
Administrator Isabel Guzman.png
Incumbent
Isabel Guzman

since March 17, 2021
Inaugural holder William D. Mitchell
Formation July 30, 1953

The Administrator of the Small Business Administration is the head of the Small Business Administration of the United States Government.

Background

President Obama announced in January 2012 that he would elevate the SBA into the Cabinet. This is a position that last held during the Clinton administration. The position was established in 1953 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

List of administrators

     Denotes an Acting Administrator of the Small Business Administration     Denotes Nominee for Administrator of the Small Business Administration

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