Joseph A. Czyzyk, Chairman & CEO of Mercury Air Group and the 2011 Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, led a Los Angeles delegation of more than 150 business, civic and labor leaders to Washington, D.C. the week of May 2nd. The group advocated for job creation and to ensure that Los Angeles continues to be a driver in the nation's economic recovery.

Joseph A. Czyzyk, Chairman & CEO of Mercury Air Group and the 2011 Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, led a Los Angeles delegation of more than 150 business, civic and labor leaders to Washington, D.C. the week of May 2nd. The group advocated for job creation and to ensure that Los Angeles continues to be a driver in the nation's economic recovery.

In addition to more than 70 advocacy meetings, the Chamber's leadership met with General James R. Clapper, Jr., at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Virginia headquarters. General Clapper is in-charge of the U.S. Intelligence Community and is one of the leaders pictured in the now-iconic Situation Room photograph from the successful Bin Laden operation.

The delegation included L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; Glendale Mayor Laura Friedman; L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel; L.A. City Councilmember Paul Krekorian; Los Angeles Unified School District President Mónica García, Superintendent John Deasy and Board Member Steve Zimmer. L.A. County Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Don Knabe and Michael Antonovich also participated in several of the meetings.