Maria Cino
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United States Secretary of Transportation Acting |
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In office August 7, 2006 – October 17, 2006 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Norman Mineta |
| Succeeded by | Mary Peters |
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April 19, 1957 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | St. John Fisher College |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Maria Cino (born April, 1957) is an American politician. Beginning March 2007 she was Chief Executive Officer of the Committee of Arrangements (COA), which organized the 2008 Republican National Convention.
Cino, whose family is Italian American, was born in Buffalo, New York. She attended Catholic schools from kindergarten through college.
She was the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation until replaced by Vice Admiral Thomas J. Barrett, USCG (Ret.) on March 3, 2007. After Norman Mineta's resignation in July 2006 she served as acting United States Secretary of Transportation from July 7, 2006 to September 30, 2006 when the former Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Mary Peters, was confirmed by the U.S Senate.
Maria Cino was nominated by President George W. Bush as the Deputy Secretary of Transportation on April 6, 2005, and confirmed by the United States Senate a month later.
Deputy Secretary Cino served as the Department’s chief operating officer, responsible for the day-to-day management of DOT’s $61.1 billion budget, 10 modal administrations, and approximately 60,000 employees.
During his first term, President Bush appointed Ms. Cino to serve as Assistant Secretary and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service at the U.S. Department of Commerce. In this capacity, she managed a worldwide organization responsible for connecting small- and medium-sized businesses with export opportunities and protecting all United States businesses overseas. Ms. Cino’s responsibilities included overseeing and distributing an annual budget of $200 million and supervising 1,700 employees at 105 domestic offices and 162 international offices.
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