Administrator of the Small Business Administration

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

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|scope=col colspan=2|Officeholder|scope=col|Term|colspan="2"|President(s)|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|August 1, 1953 – October 30, 1953|rowspan="3" style="background: ;"||rowspan=3|Dwight D. Eisenhower||||||
|February 9, 1954 – November 21, 1959||||||||||
|November 23, 1959 – January 20, 1961||||||||||
|February 2, 1961 – August 7, 1963|rowspan="2" style="background: ;"||rowspan=2|John F. Kennedy||||||
|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;"||||||||||
|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;"|August 8, 1963 – September 10, 1965|||||||||
|rowspan="4" style="background: ;"||rowspan=4|Lyndon B. Johnson|||||||
|May 19, 1966 – July 31, 1967||||||||||
|August 1, 1967 – July 31, 1968||||||||||
|August 1, 1968 – February 22, 1969||||||||||
|March 5, 1969 – January 1, 1971|rowspan="2" style="background: ;"||rowspan=2|Richard Nixon||||||
|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;"||||||||||
|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;"|January 18, 1971 – October 12, 1975|||||||||
|rowspan="2" style="background: ;"||rowspan=2|Gerald Ford|||||||
|February 12, 1976 – March 4, 1977||||||||||
|April 1, 1977 – January 20, 1981|rowspan="1" style="background: ;"||Jimmy Carter|||||||
|March 30, 1981 – February 3, 1982|rowspan="4" style="background: ;"||rowspan=4|Ronald Reagan||||||
|March 29, 1982 – March 31, 1986||||||||||
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! scope="row"|Charles Heatherly|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|March 31, 1986 – March 23, 1987|||||
|March 23, 1987 – April 20, 1989||||||||||
|April 20, 1989 – March 27, 1991|rowspan="2" style="background: ;"||rowspan=2|George H. W. Bush||||||
|March 27, 1991 – January 20, 1993||||||||||
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! scope="row"|Dayton J. Watkins|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|January 20, 1993 – May 12, 1993|rowspan="6" style="background: ;"||rowspan=6|Bill Clinton|
|May 12, 1993 – October 6, 1994||||||||||
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! scope="row"|Cassandra M. Pulley|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|October 6, 1994 – October 8, 1994|||||
|October 8, 1994 – February 11, 1997||||||||||
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! scope="row"|Ginger Lew|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|February 11, 1997 – March 7, 1997|||||
|March 7, 1997 – January 20, 2001||||||||||
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! scope="row"|John D. Whitmore|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|January 20, 2001 – July 25, 2001|rowspan="4" style="background: ;"||rowspan=4|George W. Bush|
|July 25, 2001 – July 2, 2006||||||||||
|July 10, 2006 – June 5, 2008||||||||||
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! scope="row"|Sandy Baruah|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|June 5, 2008 – January 20, 2009|||||
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! scope="row"|Darryl Hairston|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|January 20, 2009 – April 6, 2009|rowspan="5" style="background: ;"||rowspan=5|Barack Obama|
|April 6, 2009 – September 1, 2013||||||||||
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! scope="row"|Jeanne Hulit|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|September 1, 2013 – February 7, 2014|||||
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! scope="row"|Marianne Markowitz|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|February 7, 2014 – April 7, 2014|||||
|April 7, 2014 – January 20, 2017||||||||||
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! scope="row"|Joseph Loddo|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|January 20, 2017 – February 14, 2017|rowspan="4" style="background: ;"||rowspan=4|Donald Trump|
|February 14, 2017 – April 12, 2019||||||||||
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! scope="row"|Chris Pilkerton|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|April 13, 2019 – January 14, 2020|||||
|January 14, 2020 – January 20, 2021||||||||||
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! scope="row"|Tami Perriello|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|January 20, 2021 – March 17, 2021|rowspan="2" style="background: ;"||rowspan="2"|Joe Biden|
|March 17, 2021 – January 20, 2025||||||||||
|style="background:#e6e6aa;"||style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! scope="row"|Everett Woodel|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|January 20, 2025 – February 20, 2025|rowspan="2" style="background: ;"||rowspan="2"|Donald Trump|
|February 20, 2025 – Present||||||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Administrator of the Small Business Administration
- **body**: the
United States
- **insignia**: Seal of the United States Small Business Administration.svg
- **insigniasize**: 120
- **incumbent**: Kelly Loeffler
- **image**: Kelly Loeffler, official portrait (2025).jpg
- **incumbentsince**: February 20, 2025
- **department**: Small Business Administration
- **formation**: July 30, 1953
- **inaugural**: William D. Mitchell
- **deputy**: Deputy Administrator
- **seat**: 409 3rd Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20416
- **appointer**: The President of the United States, President
- **termlength**: No fixed term
- **salary**: Executive Schedule, Executive Schedule, level III
- **appointer qualified**: with United States Senate, Senate advice and consent
- **insigniacaption**: Seal of the Small Business Administration