Appoint an Administrator with relevant experience rather than a figurehead
What the document says“the Administrator should have the requisite experience, skills, and knowledge to ensure that the SBA fulfills its statutory authorities.”
The chapter says the post should not be treated as symbolic or messaging-related as some past Administrations have viewed it, that the Administrator and key staff should have experience in small-business finance and investment or administrative law, and notes that during the pandemic the agency was often forced to outsource key decisions to the Treasury.
What the document actually says“the Administrator should have the requisite experience, skills, and knowledge to ensure that the SBA fulfills its statutory authorities.”
The head of this agency should know the work. It is not a job for a figurehead.
This agency lends money and backs loans. The book says its head needs real experience in finance. It says the job has been treated as a title.
Read against the documents indexed here on August 26, 2026, and nothing was found that answers this. Nothing among the candidates is an appointment. The nearest is the Small Business Administration's final rule of January 2, 2026 revising the Small Business Investment Company regulations, which changes licensing and investment rules inside the agency and says nothing about who leads it or what experience that person should have. That is a record of a search, not a finding that nothing has happened: an act this site does not hold, or one that answers the proposal in words unlike its own, would not be caught by it.