Maria Cino
Maria has more than two decades of experience in senior level positions in the
executive and legislative branches of government, as well as the private sector. She
was President and Chief Executive Officer of the 2008 Republican National
Convention held in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Her government service includes
Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (from May 2005
through March 2007). During that time she also served as the Acting Secretary of
Transportation. Maria also served as Assistant Secretary and Director General of the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service at the US Department of Commerce.