Nicholas Roxborough Elected 2026 Chair of the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation

COMMISSION ON HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION

OAKLAND - The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation (CHSWC) is pleased to announce the unanimous election of Commissioner Nicholas Roxborough as the Chair of the Commission for 2026. The election was held on December 11, 2025, at the public CHSWC meeting in Los Angeles and online. The Commission alternatively selects an employer and an organized labor representative to chair the commission for one-year terms.

Nicholas Roxborough is the managing partner of Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani, LLP, and specializes in representing insured and self-insured employers as well as large stakeholders in complex workers' compensation insurance and regulatory issues across the country.

Mr. Roxborough received his Juris Doctorate from Southwestern School of Law in Los Angeles, studied at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, Austria, and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He serves on various Boards and Commissions, including on the Board of Airport Commissioners at LAX, and is Chairman of Friends of the Los Angeles Coliseum.

CHSWC, created by the workers' compensation reform legislation of 1993, is charged with examining the health and safety and workers' compensation systems in California and recommending administrative or legislative modifications to improve their operation. CHSWC was established to conduct a continuing examination of the workers' compensation system and of the state's activities to prevent industrial injuries and occupational diseases and to examine those programs in other states.

Information about CHSWC is available on the CHSWC website. Information may also be obtained by writing to the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation by email to [email protected].