Marie Johns
Marie Johns | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration | |
| In office June 22, 2010 – April 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Administrator | Karen Mills |
| Preceded by | Jovita Carranza |
| Succeeded by | Althea Coetzee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marie Collins Johns August 19, 1951 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Indiana University Bloomington (B.S., MPA) |
Marie Collins Johns (born August 19, 1951) is an American businesswoman and former civil servant who served as deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on December 17, 2009, and confirmed unanimously by the Senate on June 22, 2010. Johns is a former president and CEO of the telecommunications company Verizon. She made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic party nomination in the 2006 Washington, D.C. mayoral election.