Jovita Carranza is the 26th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). She was previously, the Treasurer of the United States. A true American dream success story, this Chicago native, had a distinguished 30-year career at UPS, where she rose through the ranks from part-time box handler to become the company’s President of Latin America/Caribbean (the highest-ranking Latina in the history of UPS). The first case of COVID-19 was reported in Washington state just a week after she was sworn in on January 14th. Less than two months later, the bill authorizing the first trance of emergency coronavirus relief was signed into law, which included $20 million to help the SBA make $7 billion worth of disaster assistance loans. Subsequently, the CARES Act, singed on March 27, established the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and as a result, the SBA so far has facilitated nearly 4.5 million loans to small businesses and nonprofits, totaling more than half a trillion dollars, via more than 5,500 lenders. This is by far, the largest financial initiative in the history of the SBA. To learn more about the PPP program, visit https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/coronavirus-relief-options/paycheck-protection-program. To learn more about SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza, visit https://www.sba.gov/person/jovita-carranza/.