Chicago Mayor Taps CTA Director to Be Chief of Staff

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has named the head of Chicago Transit Authority to be his new chief of staff.

Emanuel said Friday morning that Forrest Claypool will replace Lisa Schrader, who is leaving after two years. The mayor’s office said Claypool’s replacement at the CTA would be named in coming weeks. Claypool will take the job after Emanuel is inaugurated for his second term. The mayor won re-election earlier this month.

Claypool also served as chief of staff to former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and was superintendent of the Chicago Park District. Emanuel lauded Claypool as being a “world-class manager.”

Claypool has a reputation for being a reformer. A Democrat, he made an independent bid for Cook County assessor in 2010, although he lost to the Democratic Party candidate.

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