Administrator of the Small Business Administration

Administrator of the Small Business Administration of the United States
File:Seal of the United States Small Business Administration.svg Seal of the Small Business Administration
File:Isabella Casillas Guzman, SBA Administrator (cropped).png Incumbent Isabel Guzman since March 17, 2021
Small Business Administration
Seat	409 3rd Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20416
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	15 U.S.C. § 633
Inaugural holder	William D. Mitchell
Formation	July 30, 1953
Deputy	Deputy Administrator
Salary	Executive Schedule, level III
Website	www.sba.gov

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.

The current administrator is Isabel Guzman, who was nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the senate on March 16, 2021.

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

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)