1. Maria Cino was born on April 19,1957 and is an American public servant and political operative of the Republican Party.
16 Facts About Maria Cino
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Maria Cino served in the United States Department of Commerce and served as acting United States Secretary of Transportation during the George W Bush administration.
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Maria Cino grew up in Buffalo in an "Italian Catholic Democratic union household".
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Maria Cino is a graduate of St John Fisher College in Rochester, New York.
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Maria Cino served as Chief of Staff for US Representative Bill Paxon.
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From 1993 to 1997, Maria Cino served as the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the National Republican Congressional Committee, managing the organization's strategy, budget and daily operations.
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Maria Cino helped lead the Republican Party to congressional victories in the 1994 election cycle.
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In 1999 and 2000, Cino served as national political director for the presidential campaign of George W Bush.
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Maria Cino was the RNC's deputy chair for political and congressional relations in 2000, and she served as RNC deputy chair in 2003 and 2004.
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President George W Bush appointed Cino to serve as assistant secretary and director general of the US Foreign Commercial Service; in that capacity, "she supervised 1,700 employees and had a budget of $200 million".
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Maria Cino served as president and chief executive officer of the 2008 Republican National Convention.
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In December 2010, Maria Cino announced her candidacy for chair of the Republican National Committee in the RNC's January 2011 election.
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In 2012, Maria Cino was appointed as Vice President of Americas and US Government Relations for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
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In 2020, Maria Cino was named to The Hill's Top 100 Lobbyists list.
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Maria Cino has served as a board member of The WISH List, a group seeking to elect pro-choice Republican women.
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Maria Cino considers herself "pro-life" and is interested in increasing the numbers of Republican women holding office.