page_title: Hector Barreto
section_title: Administrator of the SBA
hierarchical_section_title: Hector Barreto / Administrator of the SBA
caption_attribution_description: English: President George W. Bush leads the discussion during a forum with small business owners and employees at Dagher Printing in Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003. Also pictured, from left, are: Hector Barreto, Administrator of the Small Business Administration; Zimmerman Boulos, owner of Office Environments and Services; Joseph Dagher, owner of Dagher Printing and Jose Gonzalez, employee at Office Environments and Services. White House photo by Eric Draper
context_page_description: Hector V. Barreto Jr was the 21st Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, confirmed on July 25, 2001. George W. Bush nominated him to the post. He resigned on April 25, 2006.
context_section_description: In July 2001, Hector Barreto was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 21st administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. In this capacity, he oversaw the delivery of financial and business development tools to America's entrepreneurs. With a portfolio of direct and guaranteed business loans and disaster loans worth more than $45 billion, the SBA is the largest single financial backer and facilitator of technical assistance and contracting opportunities for the nation's small businesses. Barreto also sat as an ex officio member of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.
caption: Barreto and President George W. Bush at a forum with small business owners and employees in February 2003
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