Jamie M. Morin

In March 2017, he joined The Aerospace Corporation as executive director of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy and vice president of Defense Systems Operations. The Aerospace Corporation is a California nonprofit that operates a federally funded R&D center (FFRDC) focused on national security space; the Center for Space Policy and Strategy is a specialized branch within the corporation established to promote the development of well-informed, technically defensible, and forward-looking space and technology policy.

On 25 June 2014, the Senate confirmed Morin to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation. He served in that role until the end of the Obama Administration on 20 January 2017. During his tenure as CAPE director, Morin was associated with efforts to develop program plans and cost estimates for the B-21 bomber and Ground Based Strategic Deterrent ICBM program, to curtail production of the Littoral Combat Ship and instead produce a more powerful frigate, to use special groups like the Strategic Capabilities Office to develop innovative upgrades to existing systems, and to modernize DOD contract cost reporting methods.

Morin is a member of the Air Force Association and holds the Certified Defense Financial Manager certification with acquisition specialty of the American Society of Military Comptrollers. In 2013, he was named as a "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum. In addition, he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Following the 2008 presidential election, Morin served as a defense policy adviser on President Barack Obama's transition team. On 11 May 2009, President Obama nominated Morin to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller. On 19 June the United States Senate confirmed him as the 21st Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller. Morin was 34 years old at the time of his appointment.

In 2003 Morin became senior defense analyst for the United States Senate Committee on the Budget. He also served as the national security advisor to the committee chairman, Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota. In this position Morin worked closely with members of the budget committee, and with staff from the armed services committee, foreign relations committee, and appropriations committee to ensure the committees delivered consistent public policy recommendations to the Senate.

In 2001 Morin was selected as a visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington, D.C., where he conducted research for The Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment. In 2002 Morin became a national fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center for Public Affairs in Charlottesville, Virginia. At the University of Virginia he studied national defense policy and lectured on government policy in undergraduate and graduate courses.

Morin is a native of Detroit, Michigan and a graduate of the University of Detroit Jesuit High School & Academy. He attended Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, graduating cum laude in 1996. In 1998, Morin earned a master's degree with distinction in Public Administration and Public Policy from the London School of Economics. In 2003 he received a doctorate in political science from Yale University. His dissertation addressed the political aspects of United States defense priorities in the post-Cold War environment.

In 1995 Morin joined J.E. Austin Associates as a research assistant. He continued with the firm until 2001, serving first as a research associate, then an economist, and finally an economic strategy specialist. During his tenure at J.E. Austin he worked with private firms and international development agencies on economic development projects in Africa, Asia and the Balkans.

Jamie Michael Morin (born 23 May 1975) is a former senior official in the United States Department of Defense. He was a private sector economist and research consultant before earning a Doctorate degree in political science from Yale University. He then served as a professional staff member on the United States Senate Committee on the Budget. Morin was Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation at the Department of Defense. Previously, he was Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller), and served concurrently as Acting Under Secretary of the Air Force from 3 July 2012 to 28 April 2013. He joined The Aerospace Corporation in 2017 as executive director of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy and vice president of Defense Systems Operations.