Karen Gordon Mills Confirmed as SBA Administrator
Earlier this morning the U. S. Senate announced the confirmation of Karen Gordon Mills as the 23rd Administrator of the U. S. Small Business Administration. Mills has more than 25 years of experience working in and providing financing for small businesses.
On April 1, Mills made the following statement when she appeared before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
“I was there on the factory floor in Arkansas and Ohio working to weather the
recession of the early ‘90s. Those experiences give me a deep understanding of what our small businesses need today to survive this downturn and to prosper in the years ahead. Since then, I have helped grow companies in organic food, and women’s media, and spent time in rural Maine working with our boat builders and composite technology to help them compete throughout the globe.
“The sum of my experience is this: I am a believer in American small business. I am a believer in America’s ability to manufacture goods and services that are world class, and I am a believer in America’s spirit of entrepreneurship. This spirit is one of our country’s greatest assets and we need to cultivate it today, more than ever.”
