Legislative Advocates

Experienced Influence

Legislative Advocates

Our team of legislative and regulatory advocates have decades of experience in building influence by forging strong relationships. They deliver a constant presence in the State Capitol and with regulatory agencies promoting favorable legislation and taking on those detrimental to the workers' compensation industry.

Jason Schmelzer

Jason has been CCWC’s lead Legislative Advocate since 2009 and Managing Director since 2023. Previously, he served as a lobbyist for the California Chamber of Commerce. His primary responsibilities at the Chamber included directing legislative advocacy for the organization’s more than 15,000 member companies on issues such as transportation, air quality, chemicals policy, workers’ compensation, and other lines of insurance. Jason served as a leader in the business community on these issues by providing in depth committee testimony on legislation, building coalitions to support and oppose legislation and regulatory initiatives, and frequent appearances as a speaker during legislative informational hearings.

Prior to his work at the California Chamber of Commerce, Jason served as Legislative Director for the California Manufacturers and Technology Association. He served as the association’s voice in the legislature, governor’s office, and administrative agencies on issues including workers’ compensation insurance, human resources and healthcare.

Prior to his experience in the legislative realm, Jason spent five years administering workers’ compensation claims for both public and private sector entities. This experience gives him a unique perspective of the human resources and insurance issues that face public and private entities.

Jason holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from California State University, Sacramento.

To learn more about CCWC’s legislative advocacy efforts, contact Jason Schmelzer via email at jason@ccwcworkcomp.org.

Dylan Hoffman

Dylan Hoffman

Dylan joined CCWC in 2025 after serving three years as TechNet’s Executive Director for California and the Southwest.

In his prior role, Dylan oversaw TechNet’s advocacy and political activities in California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. In California, he advocated on behalf of TechNet’s member companies in the legislature and in front of state agencies, provided detailed policy analysis on data privacy, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and autonomous vehicles issues, developed and led diverse coalitions, drafted technical regulatory comments, managed membership relations, and organized events.

Prior to joining TechNet, Dylan served as Director of California Government Affairs at Internet Association, where he managed IA’s advocacy and political activities in California. He previously served as Legislative Director for State Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel where he developed and managed the Assemblymember’s legislative priorities and advised him on a broad range of policy issues, including privacy, technology, access to justice, health, and judiciary issues. Dylan also previously served as an Assembly Fellow and Legislative Aide to former Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon.

Born and raised in New Mexico, Dylan graduated from the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Political Science, a B.A. in Philosophy and the UCLA School of Law with a J.D. He lives in Sacramento with his wife, daughter, and pets. ;

To learn more about CCWC’s legislative advocacy efforts, contact Dylan Hoffman via email at dylan@ccwcworkcomp.org.

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