Maria Cino

Maria Cino (born April 19, 1957) is an American public servant and political operative She grew up in Buffalo in an "Italian Catholic Democratic union household". Cino is a graduate of St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York.

Career Cino served as Chief of Staff from 1989-1993, for U.S. Representative [Bill Paxon]. She helped lead the Republican Party to congressional victories in the 1994 election cycle. and was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 11, 2005. As Deputy Secretary, she managing a $61 billion budget and 60,000 employees across 10 agencies. In 2005, Cino was award the Department of Transportation Gold Medal for her outstanding leadership and distinguished contributions during Hurricane Katrina. During her time at DOT, she led the development of the National Strategy to Reduce Transportation Congestion and served on the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission.

After Norman Mineta's departure in July 2006, Cino served as Acting United States Secretary of Transportation for a short time.

Later work Cino served as president and chief executive officer of the 2008 Republican National Convention (National Republican Convention) in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. She managing the organization's strategy, budget and daily operations, producing a four-day event for over 45,000 attendees with a $125 million budget. The Associated Press praised the event as “a model of efficiency and organization.” The contest was won by Reince Priebus, and Cino finished third out of a field of 7 candidates.

In 2012, Cino was appointed as Vice President of Americas and U.S. Government Relations for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. From 2013 to 2022, Cino was named to The Hill's Top 100 Lobbyists list.

Board memberships Cino has served as a board members of The WISH List and VIEW PAC committed to increasing the numbers of Republican women holding office. She also served on the Board of The Women's Campaign School at Yale, training campaign staff.