President-elect Barack Obama held his first press conference from Chicago today. Standing behind him were two UC Berkeley professors.

Laura Tyson, a professor at the Haas School of Business, and Robert Reich, a professor of public policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy, are serving as members of Obama's 17-person Transition Economic Advisory Board, which is working to ensure that Obama's highest priorities will take effect smoothly and immediately after his inauguration on Jan. 21. But they are not the only faculty involved with the campaign.

Christopher Edley, dean of Boalt Hall School of Law, is a member of Obama's transition advisory board, which will oversee a smooth transition from the Bush administration. Edley was a professor of Obama's at Harvard Law School and worked closely with the Obama campaign as an unofficial advisor.