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Tim Schellberg is the Founder and President of Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs, an internationally known governmental affairs and government business market development firm. In addition to serving as the firm's managing partner, Tim maintains an active governmental affairs and market development practice, and provides strategic direction to the firm's four primary divisions: International, Multi-State, Federal, and Washington State. Under Tim's leadership, the firm has had impressive growth and success.

Tim is recognized nationally and internationally for his work to create and grow new markets by collaborating with business and government to implement dynamic public policy and technology based solutions. Tim has used over 25 years of professional experience, worldwide contacts and knowledge of global government institutions to actively lead legislative based projects in over 30 countries and within the United States.

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DIANA CARLEN

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Diana Carlen is a Vice President at Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs (GTH-GA), the state's largest comprehensive governmental affairs firm. GTH-GA is information-driven and non-partisan. Diana represents a broad group of clients before the state legislature, state agencies, and the executive branch.

24) Lewis PUD 01

25) McCain Foods USA, Inc

26) PACIFIC COAST SHELLFISH GROWERS ASSN

27) Palo Alto Networks

28) PISCES INTERNATIONAL

29) PORT BLAKELY

30) Port of Longview

31) Port of Pasco

32) PRA Group, Inc.

33) Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad

34) RELX INC

35) San Juan County

36) Skagit County

37) SNOHOMISH CO

38) TOTAL WINE & MORE

39) WA ASSN OF WHEAT GROWERS

40) WA GRAIN COMMISSION

41) WA OIL MARKETERS ASSN

42) WA POTATO & ONION ASSN

43) WA ST POTATO COMMISSION

44) Watco

45) Whatcom Co

6-10 years

Diana Carlen leads the firm's business and utility practice and has over 20 years of legal and legislative experience. Prior to joining Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs, Diana served as Leadership Counsel to the Senate Republican Caucus. In that role, she also served as the caucus attorney for the following policy issues: energy, natural resources, agriculture, land use, telecommunications and water issues. Prior to working for the Senate, Diana practiced law for several years focusing on land use and environmental issues and also served as a Law Clerk to Chief Justice Gerry Alexander of the Washington State Supreme Court. Diana represents several of the firm's business clients, public utilities, and port clients.

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HANNA JONES

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HANNA JONES

(Washington, )

GORDON THOMAS HONEYWELL GOV AFFAIRS

hjones@gth-gov.com
360.584.4198
1201 Pacific Ave Ste 2200, TACOMA, WA, 98402,

Subjects: All Subjects, Appropriations/Budgets, Business/Commerce, Consumer Protection, Education, Environment/Recycling, Health Care, Medicare/Medicaid, Non-Profit, Public Safety, Public Sector, RFP/Procurement, Science/Technology, Taxes, Transportation/Vehicles

Links:Website, LinkedIn

Hanna Jones is a contract lobbyist with 10 years of experience navigating Washington State's legislative and budget processes. She has secured millions of dollars in capital, operating, and transportation budget appropriations on behalf of her clients and manages a broad policy portfolio that includes health care, higher education, nonprofit operations, transportation and public transit, local government, technology, procurement, water, and natural resources. She has a strong track record of passing legislation, both as the primary lobbyist and in key supporting roles.

Her wide-ranging experience enables her to pick up issues quickly, adapt to new subject areas, and pivot to whichever priorities her clients need advanced. Hanna also maintains strong bipartisan relationships across the Legislature, as well as with the Governor's office and executive agencies, allowing her to move client priorities efficiently and effectively. Ultimately, Hanna provides clear, strategic guidance to help clients navigate Olympia and achieve measurable results.

23) MGA Home Healthcare Washington LLC

24) Pacific Lutheran University

25) Palo Alto Networks

26) PIERCE TRANSIT

27) PISCES INTERNATIONAL

28) PORT BLAKELY

29) Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad

30) RELX INC

31) Roblox

32) San Juan County

33) Skagit County

34) SNOHOMISH CO

35) SteerSafe Partnership

36) Stobaugh & Strong, P.C.

37) TACOMA RV

38) Team Select Home Care

39) THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC.

40) Town of Yacolt

41) Watco

42) Whatcom Co

43) Whatcom Transportation Authority

6-10 years

Track Record of Success
Ms. Jones consistently delivers results for clients passing legislation and seeking funding in each of the three budgets. Through her work during the last seven legislative sessions, Ms. Jones has served in both lead and supporting roles to pass and defeat legislation. Outlined below are just a few of her public policy achievements from the last two biennia:

* Passed legislation to authorize the extension of wastewater services beyond the urban growth boundary for partnerships between cities and tribes.
* Passed legislation to require repeat speeding offenders to participate in a program to stop dangerous, habitual speeding.
* Passed legislation to authorize transit agencies to produce, use and sell to the public green electrolytic hydrogen.
* Amended legislation to hold bus operators harmless for firearms enforcement on buses.
* Successfully amended legislation considered harmful to health care clients.
* Passed legislation to strengthen the workforce and education pipeline for certified registered nurse anesthetists.
* Passed legislation to strengthen communication between public employers and the Paid Family & Medical Leave program.
* Developed multiple coalitions comprised of public, private, non-profit and individual advocates to support state legislation.

Below are her most recent budgetary achievements over 2024 and 2025 legislative sessions, where she served as the lead lobbyist:
* $2 million in capital budget funding for a health sciences building at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU, 2025 session).
* $400,000 in capital budget funding for La Center's downtown expansion (La Center, 2025 session).
* $500,000 in capital budget funding for transit-oriented, workforce housing in Lynden, WA (Whatcom Transportation Authority, 2025 session).
* $1.3 million in transportation budget funding for transit signal prioritization (Pierce Transit, 2024 session).
* $1 million in transportation budget funding for the Pacific Highway Shared Use Path (City of La Center, 2024 session).
* $250,000 in capital budget funding for community center upgrades (City of La Center, 2024 session).

Hanna has established relationships with legislative leadership, key policy staff within Governor Ferguson's office, and committee chairs across the Washington State Legislature. She has established relationships with legislative leadership, key policy staff within Governor Ferguson's office, and committee chairs across the Washington State Legislature. She also regularly interacts with - and maintains strong working relationships with - staff at the Department of Revenue, Health Care Authority, Department of Health, Department of Ecology, Department of Transportation, and the Washington State Transportation Commission.

Hanna Jones has nearly a decade of experience as a state lobbyist, representing clients to the Washington State Legislature, Governor's Office and executive agencies. She is registered as a lobbyist with the PDC. Ms. Jones represents clients with a wide range of issues, including water, local government, health care, higher education, technology and budget appropriations. This background means she has relationships with many legislators and with both partisan and non-partisan staff. Throughout her tenure at the firm, Ms. Jones has represented numerous public, private and non-profit clients, including associations. This means that she is adept at meeting client needs regardless of the organizational structure and is accustomed to providing varying levels of service depending on the needs of the client.

Ms. Jones has demonstrated a successful track record in assisting firm clients with development and execution of legislative strategy at each step in the process, including, but not limited to stakeholder outreach, policy research, legislative agenda development, and execution of legislative strategy during each session. Evidence of Ms. Jones' diligent approach to lobbying is exemplified through successfully securing millions in legislative budget appropriations for her clients, and in executing creative public policy solutions to achieve client objectives.

Ms. Jones holds a master's degree in public administration from Seattle University, a bachelor's degree in political science from Gonzaga University, and resides in Seattle with her husband.

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JAMES MCFADDIN

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JAMES MCFADDIN

(Florida, )

The Southern Group

mcfaddin@sostrategy.com
(850) 671-4401
Po Box 10570, Tallahassee, FL, 32302-2570,

Subjects: All Subjects, Agencies/Regulations, Appropriations/Budgets, Cannabis/Drug Legalization, Children/Family/Women, Health Care, Insurance, Medicare/Medicaid, Pharmaceuticals, Public Sector, RFP/Procurement, Science/Technology

Links:Website

1) Ambrosia Treatment Centers

2) Autism Speaks, Inc.

3) Bamboo Health

4) Banyan Treatment and Recovery, LLC

5) Braeburn Inc.

6) BrightStar Care

7) Capital Health Plan

8) Carisk Partners, Inc.

9) Centurion Group, Inc.

10) Colonial Management Group, LP

11) Curo Health Services, LLC dba Gentiva

12) Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.

13) Encompass Health Corporation

14) Ernst & Young LLP

15) Every Mother's Advocate

16) Florida Blue

17) Florida Senior Living Association

18) GuideWell Group, Inc.

19) IBM

20) Inception Fertility Ventures

21) MAXIMUS

22) McKesson Corporation

23) ModCorr

24) One Call Care Management

25) One Path Diagnostics, LLC

26) Premier Physician Support Services, LLC

27) Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care, Inc

28) Public Consulting Group

29) Ride Solution, Inc.

30) Salesforce.com, Inc.

31) Siemens Corporation

32) Tenet Healthcare Corporation

33) The Nemours Foundation

34) The Southern Group

35) Twenty Holdings, Inc.

36) Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, U.S.

11-15 years

James H. McFaddin comes to Southern Strategy Group from Health Management Associates (now Community Health Systems), a Fortune 500 hospital company with over 200 hospitals in 29 states, where he served as Director of Government Affairs. James was responsible for representing the company's interests in Washington, DC, state capitals including Tallahassee, and in front of state health care agencies and local governments.

Prior to joining Health Management Associates, James served as Chief of Staff for the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency). As Chief of Staff, James was involved in the management and operations of the Agency including the Florida Medicaid Program, the regulation of Florida's health care facilities, and oversight of the Agency's $20 billion budget.

During this time, James was also appointed by the Governor to manage the state's federally-mandated health information exchange activities as Florida's Health Information Technology Coordinator.

Prior to being named Chief of Staff, James served as the Agency's Legislative Affairs Director.Before joining the Agency, James served as the Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the Executive Office of the Governor where he worked to develop and coordinate passage of the Governor's legislative and budget priorities.

James has also served as a Senior Analyst in the Florida Senate specializing in health care, criminal justice, and agricultural issues.

A native of South Carolina, James graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Political Science.

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JOSH WEISS

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JOSH WEISS

(Washington, )

GORDON THOMAS HONEYWELL GOV AFFAIRS

jweiss@gth-gov.com
(360) 561-3560
1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2100, Tacoma, WA, 98402,

Subjects: Agencies/Regulations, Animals/Agriculture, Appropriations/Budgets, Business/Commerce, City/County Government, Corrections/Criminal Justice, Environment/Recycling, Housing/Real Estate/Development/Construction, Manufacturing, Non-Profit, Planning/Land Use/Zoning, Public Safety, Public Sector, Science/Technology, Taxes, Transportation/Vehicles

Links:Website, LinkedIn

Josh has over two decades of experience in government relations representing both public and private entities in the legislative and executive branches of Washington State government. Josh is a Vice President at Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs (GTH-GA), the state's largest comprehensive governmental affairs firm. GTH-GA is information-driven and non-partisan.

1) Bamboo Health

2) Benton County Commissioners

3) City of Battle Ground

4) City of Ellensburg

5) CITY OF ISSAQUAH

6) CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK

7) City of Moses Lake

8) CITY OF MOUNTLAKE TERRACE

9) CITY OF REDMOND

10) Clallam Economic Alliance

11) CLARK COUNTY

12) Evergreen Forest Stewards

13) Island County

14) Jaguar Transport Holdings LLC

15) Lewis County

16) Palo Alto Networks

17) PISCES INTERNATIONAL

18) PORT BLAKELY

19) Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad

20) RELX INC

21) San Juan County

22) Skagit County

23) SNOHOMISH CO

24) Watco

25) Whatcom Co

20+ years

Nonpartisan staff for House members during development and passage of Washington's Forests & Fish law.

Josh has relationships with key legislators, statewide elected officials, agency staff and locally elected officials across the state.

Prior to joining the GTH-GA team, Josh spent nearly 10 years advocating for counties, serving as the Legislative Relations and Policy Director and General Counsel for the Washington State Association of Counties. Josh started working in Olympia in 1998 as nonpartisan counsel to the House of Representatives and served as Legislative Director for the Department of Fish and Wildlife. As Environmental Policy Director for the Washington Forest Protection Association he represented private forest landowners in the state's environmental regulatory system. He also assisted in Governor Locke's water reform efforts. Josh is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, graduate of Central Washington University and the Vermont Law School, and is a fourth generation Washingtonian. He lives in Olympia with his wife Karen.