C-Suite Wednesday — Is the Next SBA Administrator One of these Five?
December 7, 2016
By Bob Coleman
Editor, C-Suite Wednesday
C-Suite Wednesday — Is the Next SBA Administrator One of these Five?
After culling a number of google news searches, here are the list of names mentioned by various publications as Trump’s choice for SBA Administrator
Roll Call
Steve Chabot
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Mary Anne Bradfield
She has been involved with numerous policy institutes and as a lobbyist. Back in 2008, ASBDC President Tee Rowe “recommended” Bradfield in LinkedIn, “Maryanne served as my deputy and was a conscientious, detailed oriented manager. Whether in the day-to-day office management, or our government relations work, she handled complex and delicate situations well.” Forbes adds, “transition team leaders are frequently considered for posts in new presidential administrations.” |
Other Forbes Potential SBA Administrators
Bruce LeVell
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Christine Toretti
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Small Business Trends
Linda McMahon
McMahon is Co-founder and Former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. WWE, later WWF, started as a small regional business, to a multinational company with over 800 employees. |
We polled you over the weekend for your reaction to Linda’s potential nomination.
Here are our unscientific results from 46 small business lending professionals asking if McMahon should be nominated as the SBA Administrator:
Yes — 26%
No — 63%
Don’t Care — 11%
With a few comments:
She might do really well. I hear she doesn’t put up with baloney and those bureaucrats are probably nervous about the idea. Which is good. We need somebody impatient for results. Also, the SBA could use some marketing talent. Market penetration is still too low. The other things it needs is vision, philosophical clarity, improved technology, better communication with the FDIC, smoother interactions with the IRS and the FBI, pricing and fee modifications and simplifications, etc.
Somebody needs to wrestle and take down the government choke hold on businesses and banks.
Riding a wave of the entertainment industry does not necessarily mean you can understand or manage the Small Business Administration.
The small business community does not need to be entertained (by pseudo intellectuals), it needs capital and and dynamic leadership to return SBA to the dynamic entity that it once was.
Very successful small business. Has had its ups and downs like everything in life, but have prospered and evolved through the years.
We need a community banker in that position. Anything less, is…less.
Trump is responsible for his picks. Let him live or die on his choices.