For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 6, 2005

Personnel Announcement

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate one individual to serve in his Administration: The President intends to nominate Maria Cino, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation. Ms. Cino currently serves as Deputy Chairman of the Republican National Committee. She previously served as Assistant Secretary and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service at the Department of Commerce. Prior to that, Ms. Cino was Deputy Chairman for Political and Congressional Relations at the Republican National Committee. She also served as National Political Director for Bush for President. Earlier in her career, Ms. Cino was a public policy and government affairs consultant for the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding. She received her bachelor's degree from St. John Fisher College.

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