Karen Mills | |
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| 23rd Administrator of the Small Business Administration | |
| In office April 6, 2009 – September 1, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Marie Johns |
| Preceded by | Steve Preston Darryl Hairston (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Maria Contreras-Sweet Jeanne Hulit (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karen Gordon September 14, 1953 Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Barry Mills |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, MBA) |
Karen Gordon Mills (born September 14, 1953) is an American businessperson and former government official who served as the 23rd Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). She was nominated by President-elect Barack Obama on December 19, 2008, confirmed unanimously by the Senate on April 2, 2009, and sworn in on April 6, 2009.[1][2] During her tenure, her office was elevated to the rank of Cabinet-level officer, expanding her power on policy decisions and granting her inclusion in the President's cabinet meetings.[2] On February 11, 2013, she announced her resignation as Administrator[2][3] and left the post on September 1, 2013.
Since leaving the SBA, Mills has served as a Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School and Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.[4] She is the president of the investment firm MMP Group, Inc.,[5] the vice chairman of the board of directors of the immigration services company Envoy Global,[5] and a regular contributor to Fortune and other publications.[6][7][8][9] She is the author of Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream.[10]
- ^ "Karen Mills is Big on Small Business". October 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Change Agent: How Karen Mills Rejuvenated the SBA". June 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
- ^ "Office of Entrepreneurial Development".
- ^ Mills, Karen. "Karen Mills – Faculty – Harvard Business School". www.hbs.edu. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ^ a b "Karen Gordon Mills – Envoy Global Board of Directors". VISANOW Global Immigration. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ "Why online lending will take off with small business owners". Fortune. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ "How the Internet is giving Small Business Saturday an edge". Fortune. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ "What's missing in America's immigration debate". Fortune. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ Tan, Anjelica (December 15, 2016). "Trump must see that small business is the engine of America". TheHill. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ Mills, Karen G. (2018). Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream – How Technology Is Transforming Lending and Shaping a New Era of Small Business Opportunity | Karen Mills | Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03620-1. ISBN 978-3-030-03619-5.