Name Barrie Ciliberti Role University Professor | Profession Professor Religion Roman Catholic | |
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Succeeded by Charles E. Barkley, Paul Carlson, & Joan F. Stern | ||
Constituency Montgomery County, MD | ||
Barrie Ciliberti was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a University of Maryland University College professor and former Republican legislator in the Maryland House of Delegates.
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Education
Ciliberti was educated at Friends Select School in Philadelphia, graduated from Ursinus College, and went on to complete an M.A. at Georgetown University and a PhD at Catholic University.
Career
During his legislative career in the Maryland General Assembly, he became known for his opposition to mandatory volunteerism [1] and his stance against aggressive driving.[2]
In 1985, Ciliberti was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to a member of the National Graduate Fellows Program Fellowship Board for a six-year term [3]. President Reagan also appointed Dr Ciliberti to serve as a member of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education. He has served as a guest lecturer for the U.S. Information Agency and a special assistant for ethnic affairs with the Republican National Committee.[4]
Dr. Ciliberti has served two civilian tours in Iraq working with the United States Department of State. On his first tour, he worked with the United States Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq on election security in advance of the historic elections in Iraq on January 30, 2005. Dr. Ciliberti's second tour was 255 miles north of Baghdad in the city of Mosul, Iraq where he served as the Senior Governance Advisor for Ninewah Province where he helped build the governance capacity of Provincial and city leaders throughout Ninewah Province.
Ciliberti is married and has five children.