{"id":33203,"date":"2025-03-03T22:48:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/?p=33203"},"modified":"2025-03-03T22:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:48:43","slug":"sba-administrator-kelly-loeffler-to-usher-in-golden-era-of-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/2025\/03\/sba-administrator-kelly-loeffler-to-usher-in-golden-era-of-small-business\/","title":{"rendered":"SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler to usher in golden era of small business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>This week,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ocio-acscampaign-communications-svc-dev.action.azurecomm.net\/api\/v2\/a\/c?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sba.gov%2fperson%2fkelly-loeffler&amp;d=AIAADOII7CGSHQ7XM7PIZG3BNWSAHRBSR3LAFN25DRWYDIJCBDJP5OO3KQUIN24R4F7C2USY3GPXGVF4LOPUB5NTV7IIFLR3BBAAIMXB32XTWW5UB2D2OM5XM2FYCLUNIDNNDLNS3UMAETQS7DUZQM2HJQAIXHE5UD73IERW3MNKWJNT4WHLMJF74OEHFPLHIBPRA7ZMKFTKVOJBQLTLHK2HPIDIMF4UYGSESE7ZKTTGMM5EE3T7PIRL7FTEG5XKO5Y34&amp;i=AIAADSYQ67AKFNZSKGRPZAD476MY4YFTPHQI2YS3GSI6ZQV2DDDGJQJNYYJ5SGYR7YPF2SBCQPBK6YB3OHSSWSBRRUHCTDOXYB6CYWH4O3R2PVWBZGEYEZOJSCGI33DZB5J7XNYYL632FPU4R2YLUCIC72ONT26BPS7WFV653RV5IB6FEUXQNMFZSYC4ORKNDMULPFKSYZOMU4OZUHUNJKVG6PO3XSX2IWCAS76H27YJ7KIMSD2GI52FV5GGUVSGP4AYZETD7Y5VKKVGIOVGGQOR27D75VAA5SSOGJEGNOPLIORIKYV4GTXLEUWJQFHWI6DVE3OR3Y5GSESSVM&amp;s=4OZCHNFSIBPIXXEAVMUUKD5MYMN4J777LDQVUWQLVHXCXDDGMELA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kelly Loeffler<\/a>\u00a0was sworn in as the 28th Administrator of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ocio-acscampaign-communications-svc-dev.action.azurecomm.net\/api\/v2\/a\/c?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sba.gov%2f&amp;d=AIAACTXAXD6Q6LOXNRC4TXJVIXAUHP24A4LRGZSME3P7PL6NGSKQOOWU3KH2XS3BUYR2P7FTFGVFFGFDEDROMNZ62NKS6JTLOX4WG4O4NJWW2FJ6KB6H7RGPW6YD6ZBSSOQF6C6SECFWQ2YMNLIQVANXJWFSFPCIQ6VYEW76CV6BISKAWKWJTHVD2IJHWLAVYCKG3IULB6IA77WSJG6ZQH246TZTEFTYJ2UWNZE2WWSZZ3AEZIPJDBYCOASYQACI3I226&amp;i=AIAADJPAAJKR5HFPAQYTTPX5MZZ7PH2TLEN4LLCMRIIXE7275NPYLHGHTTL6DKRP2SESQSDIONCVUR4HEMBSSA7XKYUEBDDBYVKAJEY525DN6LFYETYRY26EOTEP3UKE2MRHIVZQWDBSZXBHW65KHTULSMYK34OJPWSXMA3COTT535H5EOKYOTKJLPOYGUSB3ZSIWKNYJLZBYY6TIRYKUEXQOHD6J2I5KIPGSCAWEHZSINHIFJXVCX47W7NICB3GMZ436NKIIC5RBGII2YWTJIB3L7CPCCBPRI2QDCOESIN5OP663XCIQ7YLTFTL4QEEJ4B7XQWBCPJ3SBYIJA&amp;s=RHDZ3Y5SZXSKYCRLFIAFTZLE6RDSWQLVOSRKCATQOCB5HN3MR6WA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Small Business Administration<\/a>.\u00a0<br>An entrepreneur, executive, philanthropist, and former U.S. Senator from Georgia, she has spent her three-decade career growing businesses and expanding economic opportunities. Raised on a farm in rural Illinois, Loeffler worked her way through public school and college, later earning an MBA and building a 25-year career in financial services and technology. She helped grow Intercontinental Exchange into a Fortune 500 company and founded Bakkt, a fintech startup focused on crypto asset infrastructure.\u00a0<br><br>Appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2020, Loeffler championed small businesses, strengthened healthcare and veterans\u2019 services, and promoted economic growth. A longtime WNBA team owner, she was the first senator to introduce legislation protecting girls\u2019 sports. After her Senate tenure, she founded Greater Georgia Action, a voter outreach nonprofit, and RallyRight, a conservative tech startup, while serving on multiple corporate and philanthropic boards.<br><br>Loeffler holds degrees from the University of Illinois and DePaul University and is the only CFA charterholder to serve in Congress. A lifelong Catholic, she remains a strong advocate for pro-growth policies and President Trump\u2019s America First agenda.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week,\u00a0Kelly Loeffler\u00a0was sworn in as the 28th Administrator of  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":33204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.new-wbc.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}