Associate Jon Hochkammer has over forty years of public sector experience in Wisconsin. In 2020, he retired from his twenty-one-year employment with the Wisconsin Counties Association (WCA).
While employed with the WCA, Jon served as Director of Insurance Operations, Legislative Director, and Outreach Manager. He was elected Wisconsin State Senate Sergeant-at-Arms in 1994 and held that position for eight years, during which he also served as President of the National Association of Legislative Services and Security Association.
Jon gained extensive first-hand experience working at the local, state, and federal level through these employment opportunities.
Jon has twenty-nine years of local elected experience. He was elected to the Manitowoc County Board of Supervisors in 1984. He served for eight years, including serving as its board chairperson/administrative coordinator. He was elected to the Verona City Council in 1997, including serving as Mayor from 2006 – 2018. Jon was President of the Dane County Cities and Villages Association from 2007 – 2018.
Jon’s prior service with Dane County includes the following boards: Area Agency on Aging Board (Chair), Dane County Area Agency on Aging Access Committee (Chair), Specialized Transportation Commission, Human Services Board, and Library Board (Chair). Additionally, he served as Fitch-Rona EMS Commission Treasurer, Verona Fire District President, Newton Fire Department President and First Assistant Chief, on the Madison Family Medicine Residency Board, and as a member of the Leadership Wisconsin Board of Directors.
