Kelly Lynn Loeffler(/?l?fl?r/LEF-l?r; born November 27, 1970) is an American businesswoman and politician who has served as the 28thadministrator of the Small Business Administrationsince February 20, 2025. A member of theRepublican Party, she previously served as aUnited States senatorfromGeorgiafrom 2020 to 2021.
This Friday afternoon, you could hear a pin drop at SBA HQ.
That ends Monday as @POTUS orders every federal employee back to the office, full-time and in-person.
Its time for the government to get back to work. pic.twitter.com/MziK1elBDz
Kelly Loeffler (@SBA_Kelly) February 21, 2025
Loeffler was born inBloomington, Illinois, to Don and Lynda (ne Munsell) Loeffler, and raised on her familys corn andsoybeanfarm inStanford, Illinois.[7][8]She has a brother, Brian.[9]In 1988, she graduated fromOlympia High Schoolin Stanford, where she was in the marching band, ran cross-country and track, and played varsity basketball.[10]
In 1992, Loeffler graduated with aBachelor of Scienceinmarketingfrom theUniversity of Illinois at UrbanaChampaignsGies College of Business, where she was a member of theAlpha Gamma Deltasorority.[11]After college, she worked forToyotaas a district account manager.[12][13]In 1999, Loeffler graduated with aMaster of Business Administration(MBA) in international finance and marketing fromDePaul UniversitysKellstadt Graduate School of Business.[8][11]She financed her graduate school tuition by mortgaging land inherited from her grandparents.[8]
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