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SBA Leadership
Learn about SBA leaders and their commitment to help Americans start and grow businesses.
Regardless of where our staff is located, their commitment is universal—to help Americans start, build and grow businesses. In carrying out SBA’s mission each day, we work collectively to advocate for small businesses, empower the spirit of entrepreneurship within every community, and deliver the results necessary to help America’s small businesses succeed. Meet just a few of our leaders in this section.
HEADQUARTERS OFFICES
| Name | Title | Office |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Contreras-Sweet | SBA Administrator | Office of the Administrator |
| Nicolas Maduros | Chief of Staff | Office of the Administrator |
| Patrick Kelley | Deputy Chief of Staff | Office of the Administrator |
| Isabella Guzman | Senior Advisor to the Administrator | Office of the Administrator |
| Thaddeus Inge | Acting Assistant Administrator for Congressional and Legislative Affairs | Office of the Administrator |
| Sara D. Lipscomb, Esq. | Chief Risk Officer | Office of the Administrator |
| Jackquline Robinson-Burnette | Associate Administrator | Office of Business Development |
| Ann Marie Mehlum | Associate Administator | Office of Capital Access |
| John Miller | Deputy Associate Administrator | Office of Capital Access |
| Tami Perriello | Chief Financial Officer | Office of the Chief Financial Officer |
| Tim Gribben | Deputy Chief Financial Officer | Office of the Chief Financial Officer |
| Matthew Varilek | Acting Chief Operating Officer | Office of Chief Operating Officer |
| Bridget Bean | Deputy Chief Operating Officer/Chief Human Capital Officer | Office of Chief Operating Officer |
| Donna Butler | Deputy Chief Operating Officer/Chief Administrative Officer | Office of Chief Operating Officer |
| Renee Macklin | Chief Information Officer | Office of Chief Operating Officer |
| Iris Argueta | Acting Assistant Administrator | Office of Communications & Public Liaison |
| Mina Wales | Deputy Assistant Administrator | Office of Communications & Public Liaison |
| James Rivera | Associate Administrator | Office of Disaster Assistance |
| Joseph Loddo | Deputy Associate Administrator | Office of Disaster Assistance |
| Tinisha Agramonte | Assistant Administrator | Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Civil Rights |
| Tameka Montgomery | Associate Administrator | Office of Entrepreneurial Development |
| Lori Gillen | Deputy Associate Administrator | Office of Entrepreneurial Development |
| Ellen M. Thrasher | Associate Administrator | Office of Entrepreneurship Education |
| Sarah Bard | Director | Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives |
| Robert S. Hill | Associate Administrator | Office of Field Operations |
| Eugene Cornelius, Jr. | Deputy Associate Administrator | Office of Field Operations |
| Melvin F. Williams, Jr. | General Counsel | Office of General Counsel |
| Nina Levine | Deputy General Counsel | Office of General Counsel |
| John Shoraka | Associate Administrator | Office of Government Contracting & Business Development |
| Delorice Price Ford | Assistant Administrator | Office of Hearings & Appeals |
| Robert A. Westbrooks | Deputy Inspector General | Office of Inspector General |
| Peggy E. Gustafson | Inspector General | Office of Inspector General |
| Eileen Sánchez | Associate Administrator | Office of International Trade |
| Javier Saade | Associate Administrator | Office of Investment and Innovation |
| Brian Castro | National Ombudsman and Assistant Administrator | Office of the National Ombudsman |
| Yolanda Swift | Deputy Ombudsman | Office of the National Ombudsman |
| Christopher L. James | Assistant Administrator | Office of Native American Affairs |
| Carroll A. Thomas | Associate Administrator | Office of Small Business Development Centers |
| Barb Carson | Acting Associate Administrator | Office of Veterans Business Development |
| Erin Andrew | Assistant Administrator | Office of Women's Business Ownership |
REGIONAL OFFICES
| Name | Title | Office |
|---|---|---|
| Claudia Rodgers | Acting Chief Counsel for Advocacy | Region X |
| Seth A. Goodall | Regional Administrator | Region I |
| Joan Trudell | Regional Communications Director | Region I |
| Rita Chappelle | Regional Communications Director | Region II |
| Kellie LeDet | Regional Administrator | Region II |
| Natalia Olson-Urtecho | Regional Administrator | Region III |
| Christopher J. Hatch | Regional Communications Director | Region III |
| Brenda L. Jones | Regional Administrative Resource | Region III |
| Cassius Butts | Regional Administrator | Region IV |
| Marianne O'Brien Markowitz | Regional Administrator | Region V |
| Latrice Thomas | Administrative Resource Coordinator | Region V |
| Yolanda Garcia Olivarez | Regional Administrator | Region VI |
| Darla Booker | Regional Communications Director | Region VI |
| Virginia Geary | Administrative Resource Coordinator | Region VI |
| A. Dean Cotton | Deputy Regional Administrator | Region VII |
| Patricia Brown-Dixon | Regional Administrator | Region VII |
| Becky Greenwald | Regional Advocate | Region VII |
| June Teasley | Regional Communications Director | Region VII |
| Matt Varilek | Regional Administrator | Region VIII |
| Donna J. Davis | Regional Administrator | Region IX |
| Calvin W. Goings | Regional Administrator | Region X |
| Connie Marshall | Regional Communications Director | Region X |
LOCAL OFFICES
| Name | Title | Office |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Ruiz | District Director | Texas (San Antonio) |
| Antonio (Tony) Leta | Director, Eastern Pennsylvania District Office | Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) |
| Dawn Golik | Deputy District Director | California (Fresno) |
| Jayne Armstrong | District Director | Iowa (Des Moines) |
| John L. Banks | SBA Delaware Deputy District Director | Delaware |
| Michael T. Kane | Deputy Director, Eastern Pennsylvania District Office | Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) |
| Tim Jeffcoat | District Director | Texas (Houston) |
| Michael P. Arriola | Deputy District Director | North Carolina |
| Herbert Austin | District Director | Texas (Dallas / Fort Worth) |
| Wayne Bell | District Director | Kansas (Wichita) |
| Robert J. Blaney | District Director | Arizona |
| John L. Brown II | District Director | South Dakota |
| Angela R. Burton | Deputy District Director | Texas (Lower Rio Grande Valley) |
| Edward Cadena | District Director | Colorado |
| Jeffery Campbell | Assistant District Director 8(a) Business Development | Florida (South) |
| Darcy Carter | District Director | Vermont |
| Robert Chavarria | Assistant District Director Marketing and Outreach Area 3 (Tampa) | Florida (South) |
| Glenn Clevenger | Branch Manager | Ohio (Columbus) |
| Julie Clowes | Deputy District Director | District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) |
| Yvette T. Collazo | District Director | Puerto Rico |
| Elliott O. Cooper | District Director | South Carolina |
| Calvin O. Davis | District Director | Texas (Lubbock) |
| María de los Ángeles de Jesús | Deputy District Director | Puerto Rico |
| Terri L. Denison | District Director | Georgia |
| Sam Dickey | District Director | Alaska |
| Antonio Doss | District Director | District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) |
| Camron Doss | District Director | Oregon (Portland) |
| Lynn Douthett | District Director | North Carolina |
| Shivani Dubey | Deputy District Director | Arizona |
| John F. Fleming | District Director | Delaware |
| Karen Friel | District Director | West Virginia |
| Michael J. Gallagher | District Director | North Dakota |
| Ruben R. Garcia | District Director | California (San Diego) |
| Wayne Gardella | District Director | Montana |
| Marilyn Geroux | District Director | Maine |
| Beth Goldberg | District Director | New York |
| Gil Goldberg | District Director | Ohio (Cleveland) |
| Martin D. Golden | District Director | Ohio (Columbus) |
| Miguel Gonzalez | Assistant District Director Lending Relations | Florida (South) |
| Wilfredo J. Gonzalez | District Director | Florida (North) |
| Rodney Grzadzieleski | District Director | Idaho (Boise) |
| Althea Harris | Assistant District Director for Marketing and Oureach Area 1 (Miami) | Florida (South) |
| Mark S. Hayward | District Director | Rhode Island |
| Jonel Hein | Deputy District Director | Florida (South) |
| Raymond W. Hembree | Deputy District Director | Alabama |
| Robert Holguin | District Director | Nevada |
| Anne Hunt | Deputy District Director | Massachusetts |
| Kelly Hunt | District Director | Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) |
| Greta Johansson | District Director | New Hampshire |
| Carl B. Knoblock | District Director | Virginia (Richmond) |
| Amy Lea | District Director | Wyoming |
| Nancy Libersky | District Director | Minnesota |
| Man-Li Lin | Supervisory Economic Development Specialist | New York |
| Vincent LoPresti | Assistant District Director Marketing and Outreach Area 2 (Ft. Pierce) | Florida (South) |
| Reynald R. Lops | Deputy District Director | Texas (Lubbock) |
| Kenneth Lujan | Branch Manager | Hawaii |
| Shannon Madsen | Deputy District Director | Idaho (Boise) |
| Francisco A. Marrero | District Director | Florida (South) |
| Joe McClure | District Director | California (Sacramento) |
| Dennis S. Melton | District Director | Missouri (St. Louis) |
| Carlos G. Mendoza | District Director | California (Fresno) |
| Leon J. Milobar | District Director | Nebraska |
| Gerald L. Moore | District Director | Michigan |
| Stan Nakano | District Director | Utah |
| Linda R. Nelson | District Director | Arkansas |
| Robert H. Nelson | District Director | Massachusetts |
| Eric Ness | District Director | Wisconsin |
| Frances A. Padilla | Deputy District Director | Colorado |
| Bernard J. Paprocki | District Director | New York (Syracuse) |
| Victor Parker | District Director | California (Los Angeles) |
| Walter N. Perry, III | District Director | Tennessee |
| Nancy Porzio | District Director | Washington (Seattle) |
| Stacey Poynter | District Director | Indiana |
| Kim Prenter | Lender Relations Specialist | Florida (South) |
| Tong Qin | Deputy District Director & Director for Asian American and Pacific Islander Outreach | California (San Francisco) |
| Mark Quinn | District Director | California (San Francisco) |
| J. Adalberto Quijada | District Director | California (Santa Ana) |
| Gary K. Reed | Branch Manager | Mississippi |
| Malcolm Richards | Branch Manager | New York (Buffalo) |
| Michael Ricks | District Director | Louisiana |
| Ralph Ross | District Director | Kentucky |
| Jane A. Sawyer | District Director | Hawaii |
| Franklin J. Sciortino | District Director | New York (Buffalo) |
| Phillip C. Silva | District Director | Texas (El Paso) |
| Robert S. Steiner | District Director | Illinois |
| Janita R. Stewart | District Director | Mississippi |
| Bernard M. Sweeney | District Director | Connecticut |
| Alfred Titone | District Director | New Jersey |
| Tom Todt | District Director | Alabama |
| Stephen D. Umberger | District Director | Maryland (Baltimore) |
| Daniel Webster, Jr. | Acting District Director | Missouri (Kansas City) |
| John C. Woosley | District Director | New Mexico |
| Sylvia G. Zamponi | District Director | Texas (Lower Rio Grande Valley) |
DISASTER OFFICES
| Name | Title | Office |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Browning | Deputy Director | Birmingham Loan Servicing Center |
| Joyce Britt Jackson | Center Director | El Paso Disaster Loan Servicing Center |
| Modupe A. Oguntolu | Deputy Center Director | El Paso Disaster Loan Servicing Center |
| Sonya Hubbard | Director | Birmingham Loan Servicing Center |
| Tanya N. Garfield | Director | Disaster Field Operations Center - West |
| Roger Garland | Center Director | Disaster Assistance Processing & Disbursement Center |
| Colleen M. Hiam | Director | Disaster Assistance Customer Service Center |
| Frank Skaggs | Director | Disaster Field Operations Center - East |



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