Experience

Early 1960's

• 1960 Full time Advance Man for Senator and President John F. Kennedy
• 1960 Appointed Inaugural Deputy Director of Transportation for John F. Kennedy
• 1961 Appointed by President Kennedy to the President’s Committee on Equal Employment, chaired by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson
• 1962 Appointed Director of Congressional Campaigns – Democratic National Committee

Mid 1960's

• 1963 President Lyndon B. Johnson – Full Time Advance Man
• 1964 Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson as District Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity

Late 1960's

• 1968 Co-organizer of the National Urban Coalition
• 1968 Senator Robert F. Kennedy – Advance Man and Field Coordinator
• 1969 Director of Economic Development for the U.S. Conference of Mayors

Personal Achievements

• 1972 Founded Mel Cottone Law Firm and partnered with a prominent Washington D.C. governmental relations firm to form Linton, Mields, Reisler, and Cottone.
• 1982 Candidate for U.S. Senate, State of Maryland
• Author:  The Winning Ballot, A Candidates Guide to Successful Campaigning ©1998  
• Author:  A Presidential First  ©2002
• Marshall University – Business Management Degree
• University of Baltimore – Juris Doctor Law Degree