William J. ("Bill") Briggs — profile dossier

Pandemic-program role: As Acting Associate Administrator of the Office of Capital Access, he stood up the $800B PPP and helped manage COVID-EIDL operationally in 2020, and returned in 2025 as SBA's Deputy Administrator.
Institution · office: SBA · Office of Capital Access (Acting Associate Administrator); later Office of the Administrator (Deputy Administrator) · Type: political
Tenure (relief-relevant): Office of Capital Access from Nov. 2017 (Senior Advisor, rising to Acting AA through the 2020 PPP rollout); SBA Deputy Administrator sworn in July 23, 2025.

The job (role mechanics)

Level / appointment: Two distinct postings. (1) Pandemic-era: political appointee (Schedule C / non-career) — joined Nov. 2017 as Senior Advisor in OCA, serving as Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Capital Access through the 2020 PPP rollout (an SES-equivalent program-head role held in an acting/political capacity). (2) 2025: PAS — SBA Deputy Administrator, Executive Schedule Level III (5 U.S.C. 5314), confirmed by the Senate on July 9, 2025.
Reports to: As Acting AA, OCA → the SBA Administrator/Deputy Administrator (Jovita Carranza era). As Deputy Administrator → the SBA Administrator (Kelly Loeffler).
Core responsibility: As Acting AA, OCA: ran the agency's lending office, stood up the $800B PPP and helped manage COVID-EIDL operations day-to-day. As Deputy Administrator: the agency's No. 2, chief operating officer over SBA program offices.
Pay: As a Nov. 2017 Senior Advisor, ProPublica records $131,767 (Schedule C/SES-range). As Deputy Administrator, Executive Schedule Level III = $207,500 (2025 rate). Sources: Pay: As a Nov. 2017 Senior Advisor, ProPublica records $131,767 Schedule C/SES-range. As Deputy Administrator... (original: projects.propublica.org · stored capture); Ex Pdf 1656165Ca5Cdc4Fc (original: opm.gov · stored capture).
Expectations / mandate: As Acting AA, OCA: implement and operate the PPP/EIDL relief lending and fraud-control guardrails. As Deputy Administrator: assist and stand in for the Administrator and manage agency operations; report to the Administrator and Congress.
Tenure norm: Both postings serve at the pleasure of the President (political). Actual dates: OCA from Nov. 13, 2017 (PPP-leadership phase 2020–Jan. 2021); Deputy Administrator sworn in July 23, 2025.

Who they are

William J. ("Bill") Briggs is a financial-services and small-business-lending policy figure and a multiple-time presidential appointee. He was the operational owner of PPP at SBA's Office of Capital Access in 2020, and after a fintech/banking-trade-association interlude he returned to SBA as Deputy Administrator in 2025.¹²³

Education

One source names a degree: the Coleman Report says Briggs holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan and is "originally from Michigan"; his own testimony refers to "my first job out of college."⁴³

Career before the pandemic

Per his testimony, his "first job out of college was in state government working on veteran affairs and local economic development," after which he "served in senior roles at industry trade associations interspersed with two presidential appointments." His pre-SBA job was Director, Political Engagement at the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (ProPublica); the American Fintech Council later employed him and wrote in support of his 2025 nomination.⁵⁶ His SBA bio says "his firms have advised Fortune 500 corporations, trade associations, technology companies, and small businesses for over two decades"; at the hearing he said, "I have owned and operated two small businesses myself," and the committee chair introduced him as having "owned two small business consulting firms." He joined SBA on Nov. 13, 2017 as a Senior Advisor in the Office of Capital Access.³⁶⁵¹

Role in the pandemic relief programs

As Acting Associate Administrator of the Office of Capital Access, Briggs "oversaw the $800 billion Paycheck Protection Program... and helped manage the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program," running PPP's day-to-day operations during the 2020 rollout.¹⁶ In his March 2025 Senate confirmation testimony he described the "upfront checks that reduced a lot of that fraud," and the "statutory-mandated guardrails that had to be let down by law".³

Documents written or signed

His written Senate confirmation testimony / statement for the record (Mar. 12, 2025): a primary document authored by him.³
No 2020 PPP/EIDL Federal Register document carries his signature; SBA's 2020 PPP interim final rules issued under the Administrator's authority (Carranza era).

Career after / where they are now

After the first Trump term he held an executive advocacy role at the American Fintech Council.⁶ President Trump announced his nomination as SBA Deputy Administrator in January 2025; the Senate confirmed him July 9, 2025, and he was sworn in July 23, 2025 under Administrator Kelly Loeffler.⁶²

Sources held in this archive

Original source documents and archived captures

Sources (first-party)

SBA official bio, "William 'Bill' Briggs." SBA official bio, "William 'Bill' Briggs." (original: sba.gov · stored capture) ↩
SBA news release 25-64, "William Briggs Sworn in as Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration" (July 23, 2025). SBA news release 25-64, "William Briggs Sworn in as Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration" J... (original: sba.gov · stored capture) ↩
Senate Small Business Committee, William Briggs written confirmation testimony (Mar. 12, 2025). Briggs Testimony (original: sbc.senate.gov · stored capture) ; full hearing record S.Hrg. 119-50: Senate Small Business Committee, William Briggs written confirmation testimony Mar. 12, 2025. ; full hearing record S... (original: govinfo.gov · stored capture) ↩
Coleman Report, "Movers & Shakers: SBA Welcomes Bill Briggs..." (education + Michigan-origin claim; single-sourced). Coleman Report, "Movers & Shakers: SBA Welcomes Bill Briggs..." education + Michigan-origin claim; single-sourced (original: colemanreport.com · stored capture) ↩
ProPublica "Trump Town," staffer entry "William J. Briggs" (SBA; joined Nov. 13, 2017; Senior Advisor; $131,767; PCI/ACLI employment history). Pay: As a Nov. 2017 Senior Advisor, ProPublica records $131,767 Schedule C/SES-range. As Deputy Administrator... (original: projects.propublica.org · stored capture) ↩
American Fintech Council, letter supporting Briggs for SBA Deputy Administrator (EPA + career framing; Office of Capital Access rise to Acting AA). American Fintech Council, letter supporting Briggs for SBA Deputy Administrator EPA + career framing; Office of Capit... (original: fintechcouncil.org · stored capture) ↩