Althea Coetzee

{{Short description|American Navy admiral (born 1963)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Althea Coetzee

|image = Althea Coetzee official photo.jpg

|office = Deputy Administrator of the
Small Business Administration

|president = Donald Trump

|term_start = August 3, 2017

|term_end = April 15, 2018

|predecessor = Douglas Kramer

|spouse = DeWayne Leslie

|successor = Dilawar Syed

|birth_name = Althea Helen Coetzee

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963}}

|birth_place =

|death_date =

|death_place =

|education = United States Naval Academy
National University

|rank = 35px Rear Admiral

|branch = United States Navy
United States Navy Reserve

}}

Althea Helen "Allie" Coetzee Leslie (born 1963){{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DD8BVZeVFP4C&pg=PA300 |title=Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty |date=October 1, 1990 |page=300 |publisher=Bureau of Naval Personnel |access-date=June 26, 2021}} is a retired rear admiral in the United States Navy who served as Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration from August 2017 to April 2018. Prior to her role with the Small Business Administration, she served as Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.{{cite news|last1=McNeal|first1=Brian|title=Rear Adm. Althea H. "Allie" Coetzee, Chief of Staff, Under Secretary of Defense (AT &L) Meets with Reserve Supply Personnel|url=http://scnewsltr.dodlive.mil/2016/09/06/rear-adm-althea-h-allie-coetzee-chief-of-staff-under-secretary-of-defense-at-l-meets-with-reserve-supply-personnel/|access-date=May 3, 2017|publisher=Navy Supply Corps Newsletter|date=September 6, 2016|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020053308/https://scnewsltr.dodlive.mil/2016/09/06/rear-adm-althea-h-allie-coetzee-chief-of-staff-under-secretary-of-defense-at-l-meets-with-reserve-supply-personnel/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/23/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324180225/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/23/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 24, 2017 |access-date=May 3, 2017|publisher=The White House|date=March 23, 2017}} Coetzee was confirmed as Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration by the U.S. Senate on August 3, 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/115th-congress/119|title=PN119 — Althea Coetzee — Small Business Administration|website=U.S. Congress|date=August 3, 2017 |access-date=August 5, 2017}} She resigned as the Deputy Administrator on April 15, 2018.{{cite web |url=https://bigleaguepolitics.com/exclusive-deputy-administrator-allie-leslie/|title=Exclusive: Deputy Administrator Allie Leslie Resigns From Small Business Administration - Big League Politics|date=April 3, 2018 |access-date=May 22, 2018}}{{better source needed|date=February 2019}}