| Post: | Administrator of the Small Business Administration |
| Body: | the United States |
| Insignia: | Seal of the United States Small Business Administration.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 120 |
| Incumbent: | Isabel Guzman |
| Incumbentsince: | March 17, 2021 |
| Department: | Small Business Administration |
| Acting: | no |
| Formation: | July 30, 1953 |
| Inaugural: | William D. Mitchell |
| Deputy: | Deputy Administrator |
| Seat: | 409 3rd Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20416 |
| Appointer: | The President |
| Termlength: | No fixed term |
| Salary: | Executive Schedule, level III |
| Appointer Qualified: | with Senate advice and consent |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of the Small Business Administration |
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.[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]
| scope=col | Image | scope=col | Officeholder | scope=col | Term | President(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | William D. Mitchell | August 1, 1953 – October 30, 1953 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||||
| scope=row | Wendell B. Barnes | February 9, 1954 – November 21, 1959 | |||||
| scope=row | Philip McCallum | November 23, 1959 – January 20, 1961 | |||||
| scope=row | John E. Horne | February 2, 1961 – August 7, 1963 | John F. Kennedy | ||||
| scope=row rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" | Eugene P. Foley | August 8, 1963 – September 10, 1965 | |||||
| Lyndon B. Johnson | |||||||
| scope=row | Bernard L. Boutin | May 19, 1966 – July 31, 1967 | |||||
| scope=row | Robert C. Moot | August 1, 1967 – July 31, 1968 | |||||
| scope=row | Howard J. Samuels | August 1, 1968 – February 22, 1969 | |||||
| scope=row | Hilary J. Sandoval Jr. | March 5, 1969 – January 1, 1971 | Richard Nixon | ||||
| scope=row rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" | Thomas S. Kleppe | January 18, 1971 – October 12, 1975 | |||||
| Gerald Ford | |||||||
| scope=row | Mitchell P. Kobelinski | February 12, 1976 – March 4, 1977 | |||||
| scope=row | A. Vernon Weaver | April 1, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | ||||
| scope=row | Michael Cardenas | March 30, 1981 – February 3, 1982 | Ronald Reagan | ||||
| scope=row | James C. Sanders | March 29, 1982 – March 31, 1986 | |||||
| Charles Heatherly | March 31, 1986 – March 23, 1987 | ||||||
| scope=row | James Abdnor | March 23, 1987 – April 20, 1989 | |||||
| 75px | scope=row | Susan Engeleiter | April 20, 1989 – March 27, 1991 | George H. W. Bush | |||
| scope=row | Pat Saiki | March 27, 1991 – January 20, 1993 | |||||
| Dayton J. Watkins | January 20, 1993 – May 12, 1993 | Bill Clinton | |||||
| scope=row | Erskine Bowles | May 12, 1993 – October 6, 1994 | |||||
| Cassandra M. Pulley | October 6, 1994 – October 8, 1994 | ||||||
| scope=row | Philip Lader | October 8, 1994 – February 11, 1997 | |||||
| Ginger Lew | February 11, 1997 – March 7, 1997 | ||||||
| scope=row | Aída Álvarez | March 7, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | |||||
| John D. Whitmore | January 20, 2001 – July 25, 2001 | George W. Bush | |||||
| scope=row | Hector Barreto | July 25, 2001 – July 2, 2006 | |||||
| scope=row | Steve Preston | July 10, 2006 – June 5, 2008 | |||||
| Sandy Baruah | June 5, 2008 – January 20, 2009 | ||||||
| Darryl Hairston | January 20, 2009 – April 6, 2009 | Barack Obama | |||||
| scope=row | Karen Mills | April 6, 2009 – September 1, 2013 | |||||
| Jeanne Hulit | September 1, 2013 – February 7, 2014 | ||||||
| Marianne Markowitz | February 7, 2014 – April 7, 2014 | ||||||
| scope=row | Maria Contreras-Sweet | April 7, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | |||||
| Joseph Loddo | January 20, 2017 – February 14, 2017 | Donald Trump | |||||
| scope=row | Linda McMahon | February 14, 2017 – April 12, 2019 | |||||
| Chris Pilkerton | April 13, 2019 – January 14, 2020 | ||||||
| scope=row | Jovita Carranza | January 14, 2020 – January 20, 2021 | |||||
| Tami Perriello [5] [6] | January 20, 2021 – March 17, 2021 | Joe Biden | |||||
| Isabel Casillas Guzman | March 17, 2021 – Present | ||||||
The line of succession for the administrator of the Small Business Administration is as follows:[7]