Josh Weiss
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.
Nonpartisan staff for House members during development and passage of Washington's Forests & Fish law.
1) 1A Smart Start LLC
2) Bamboo Health
3) Benton County Commissioners
4) Cascade Water Alliance
5) City of Aberdeen
6) City of Airway Heights
7) City of Bainbridge Island
8) City of Battle Ground
9) City of Blaine
10) CITY OF COVINGTON
11) City of Ellensburg
12) CITY OF GIG HARBOR
13) City of Hoquiam
14) CITY OF ISSAQUAH
15) CITY OF KELSO
16) CITY OF KENMORE
17) CITY OF KENT
18) City of La Center
19) CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK
20) CITY OF LAKEWOOD
21) CITY OF LONGVIEW
22) City of Lynden
23) City of Moses Lake
24) CITY OF MOUNTLAKE TERRACE
25) City of Newcastle
26) CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
27) CITY OF REDMOND
28) CITY OF SEATAC
29) CITY OF TACOMA
30) CITY OF TOPPENISH
31) CLARK COUNTY
32) Consumer Brands Association
33) COWLITZ PUD
34) Evergreen Forest Stewards
35) FEDEX
36) HIGHLINE COLLEGE
37) INLAND POWER & LIGHT
38) Island County
39) Jaguar Transport Holdings LLC
40) LendingTree, LLC
41) Lewis County
42) Lewis PUD 01
43) McCain Foods USA, Inc
44) MGA Home Healthcare Washington LLC
45) North Olympic Legislative Alliance
46) Pacific Lutheran University
47) Palo Alto Networks
48) PISCES INTERNATIONAL
49) PORT BLAKELY
50) Port of Longview
51) Port of Pasco
52) PRA Group, Inc.
53) Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad
54) RELX INC
55) San Juan County
56) Skagit County
57) SNOHOMISH CO
58) THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
59) TOTAL WINE & MORE
60) Town of Yacolt
61) WA OIL MARKETERS ASSN
62) Washington School Counselor Association
63) Watco
64) Whatcom Co
65) YAKIMA CO
20+ years
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.
Last Updated: November 27, 2025
