Mayor Villaraigosa in Chicago as member of Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board
Daily News Wire
Article Last Updated: 11/07/2008 06:55:47 AM PST

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is in Chicago today to participate in a meeting of President-elect Barack Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board.

Villaraigosa is one of 17 board members. Others include Warren Buffet, former Commerce Secretary William Daley, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Penny Pritzker, CEO of Classic Residence by Hyatt.

Villaraigosa's office was unable to provide other details of the trip, including when he will return to Los Angeles, and why he was picked for an economic advisory board.

Last week, the Los Angeles mayor was in New Mexico campaigning on behalf of Obama, which was one of the states the Democrat won on Tuesday.

Villaraigosa endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., in May 2007, and served as one of her national campaign chairs. But when Obama clinched the Democratic nomination in June, Villaraigosa got behind him.

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