Karen Mills, who served as head of the U.S. Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013, is a senior fellow at the Harvard Business School.

Karen Gordon Mills

Senior Fellow

Karen Gordon Mills is a senior fellow at Harvard Business School and a leading authority on U.S. competitiveness, entrepreneurship and innovation. She was a member of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, serving as the administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013. Mills is the author of the book "Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream" as well as several papers on small-business lending and supply chains.