Jeanne A. Hulit (born 1958) served as Acting Administrator of the Small Business Administration from September 2013 to February 2014.[1]

Jeanne Hulit
Acting Administrator of the Small Business Administration
In office
September 1, 2013 – February 7, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byKaren Mills
Succeeded byMarianne Markowitz (acting)
Personal details
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Political partyDemocratic
EducationAmerican University (BA)
Boston University (MBA)

Hulit is the President and CEO of Maine Community Bancorp, INC. She has served in this role since October 2018.[2] Prior, Hulit served as President of Village Candle, a Wells, Maine-based candle and fragrance company in 2017, after serving as President of the Northeast Community Banking Division at Lewiston, Maine-based Northeast Bancorp since February 2014.[3][4][5]

Hulit was appointed to serve as SBA's New England Regional Administrator in August 2009. She then was transferred to Washington as Associate Administrator for SBA's Office of Capital Access since February 2012, where she was adviser to Administrator Karen Mills and oversaw the agency's loan programs.[6]

Before joining the SBA, Hulit spent 18 years in banking, serving as senior vice president for commercial lending at Citizens Bank, vice president and middle market lender at KeyBank, and manager of Key's International Banking Division. Previously, she served as deputy director of the International Division at the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development. Hulit has also held a number of civic and economic leadership roles, including her tenure as a founder and chair of the Maine International Trade Center, and her service as chair for the University of Southern Maine Board of Visitors.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ Harrison, J.D. (August 20, 2013). "Jeanne Hulit tapped as acting chief of the U.S. Small Business Administration". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  2. ^ "Post - Mechanics Savings".
  3. ^ Village Candle’s new management team includes former SBA head Jeanne Hulit Portland Press-Herald article-October 3, 2017 article(
  4. ^ NortheastBank-Executive Team
  5. ^ Jeanne Hulit to Join Northeast Bancorp (BusinessWire.com)
  6. ^ Richardson, Whit (August 20, 2013). "Karen Mills taps fellow Mainer Jeanne Hulit to be acting chief of Small Business Administration". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  7. ^ "Jeanne A. Hulit | SBA.gov". sba.gov. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
Political offices
Preceded by Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Acting

2013–2014
Succeeded by