President Obama Appoints Acting Administrator for SBA

On January 20, 2009, President Barack Obama designated Darryl Hairston, as Acting Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. 

Hairston currently serves as deputy associate administrator for Management and Administration, and has served the agency over the past 30 years in a variety of senior executive positions in the Office of Government Contracting/Business Development, the Office of Investment, and the Washington D.C. District Office.  He began his SBA career in 1978 as a business management specialist in the Charleston, W.V., District Office.

Hairston is expected to serve as Acting Administrator until a permanent Administrator is confirmed by the Senate.