John Jamian

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John E. Jamian is an American businessman, former U.S. government official, and Michigan State Legislator. He served as deputy and later acting maritime administrator, the head of the U.S. Maritime Administration, an agency of the United States Department of Transportation, from 2003 until 2006. He was confirmed as deputy maritime administrator by the Senate on May 7, 2003 and became acting maritime administrator February 12, 2005. Prior to his service at the Maritime Administration, Jamian was elected to three terms in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1991 to 1996. From 1997 to 2001 he served as executive director of the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority and from 2001 until his appointment as deputy director in 2003 as the executive director the Armenian Assembly of America. Between 2011 and 2015, Jamian resumed his role as executive director at the Port of Detroit. Since returning to private life in 2015, he has held the position of Chief Operations Officer for Troy, Michigan based AmeriCare Medical Inc. and continues to serve as the Armenian Assembly of America's State of Michigan Director.