Friend to small business takes over

Posted 1/16/20

The Senate has confirmed Jovita Carranza to head the Small Business Administration by a bipartisan 88-5 vote.

Carranza served as deputy SBA administrator during George W. Bush’s presidency and …

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Friend to small business takes over

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The Senate has confirmed Jovita Carranza to head the Small Business Administration by a bipartisan 88-5 vote.

Carranza served as deputy SBA administrator during George W. Bush’s presidency and has widespread support from the business community.

She will be the first permanent head of the SBA in almost a year.

Trump’s 1st Senate-confirmed SBA administrator, Linda McMahon, left the position last April to take a position at a pro-Trump super PAC.

Chris Pilkerton is currently serving as acting administrator of the SBA.

Carranza spent much of her professional life at UPS, starting with a part-time job loading shipments onto trucks and eventually becoming the highest-ranked Latina in the history of the company.

During her confirmation hearing in December, Carranza said that she planned if confirmed to “put particular emphasis on opening more doors for women and for entrepreneurs in underserved communities, including military families and veterans.”

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