US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday selected former Senator Kelly Loeffler to lead the Small Business Administration.
“I am very pleased to nominate business leader and former US Senator Kelly Loeffler, from the Great State of Georgia, to serve as Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA). Small Businesses are the backbone of our Great Economy” Trump posted on Truth Social.
“Kelly will bring her experience in business and Washington to reduce red tape, and unleash opportunity for our Small Businesses to grow, innovate, and thrive. She will focus on ensuring that SBA is accountable to Taxpayers by cracking down on waste, fraud, and regulatory overreach,” he added, also noting that she’s co-chairing his inauguration.
Praising Kelly, Trump said that she has worked tirelessly for four years to help restore Election Integrity, diverse outreach, and voter registration in Georgia through her nonprofit, Greater Georgia. In addition to SBA Administrator, she have been appointed as Co-Chair of the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
Loeffler, who represented Georgia in the Senate for a year, had fundraised for Trump during the 2024 race and raised several million dollars for his campaign over the summer when she hosted a debate watch party with Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley, CNN reported.
Who is Kelly Loeffler?
Loeffler is born in Bloomington, Illinois on November 27, 1970 and completed her schooling from Olympia High School, Stanford, Illinois in 1988. She earned her B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1992, followed by an M.B.A. from DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois in 1999.
As a finance firm chief executive officer and owner of the Atlanta Dream professional women’s basketball team, she entered politics as a Republican. She was appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy left by Johnny Isakson’s resignation, serving from January 6, 2020, to January 20, 2021, when her successor took office after winning the election.
She contested unsuccessfully for election to complete the remaining term that would have ended January 3, 2023.