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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.
3) Benton County Commissioners
13) City of Hoquiam
14) CITY OF ISSAQUAH
15) CITY OF KELSO
16) CITY OF KENMORE
17) CITY OF KENT
20) CITY OF LAKEWOOD
21) CITY OF LONGVIEW
22) City of Lynden
27) CITY OF REDMOND
28) CITY OF SEATAC
29) CITY OF TACOMA
32) CLARK COUNTY
34) COWLITZ PUD
36) FEDEX
37) HIGHLINE COLLEGE
39) Island County
40) Jaguar Transport Holdings LLC
41) LendingTree, LLC
42) Lewis County
43) Lewis PUD 01
45) MGA Home Healthcare Washington LLC
46) North Olympic Legislative Alliance
47) Pacific Lutheran University
50) PORT BLAKELY
51) Port of Longview
52) Port of Pasco
53) PRA Group, Inc.
54) Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad
55) RELX INC
56) San Juan County
57) Skagit County
58) SNOHOMISH CO
59) THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
61) Town of Yacolt
63) Washington School Counselor Association
64) Watco
65) Whatcom Co
66) YAKIMA 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.