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 Bothell
11) CITY OF COVINGTON
12) City of Ellensburg
13) CITY OF GIG HARBOR
14) City of Hoquiam
15) CITY OF ISSAQUAH
16) CITY OF KELSO
17) CITY OF KENMORE
18) CITY OF KENT
19) City of La Center
20) CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK
21) CITY OF LAKEWOOD
22) CITY OF LONGVIEW
23) City of Lynden
24) City of Moses Lake
25) CITY OF MOUNTLAKE TERRACE
26) City of Newcastle
27) CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
28) CITY OF REDMOND
29) CITY OF SEATAC
30) CITY OF TACOMA
31) CITY OF TOPPENISH
32) CLARK COUNTY
33) Consumer Brands Association
34) COWLITZ PUD
35) Evergreen Forest Stewards
36) FEDEX
37) GOODWILL OF THE OLYMPICS & RAINIER REGION
38) Greater Grays Harbor, Inc
39) Haploos Inc
40) HIGHLINE COLLEGE
41) INLAND POWER & LIGHT
42) Island County
43) Jaguar Transport Holdings LLC
44) LendingTree, LLC
45) Lewis County
46) Lewis PUD 01
47) McCain Foods USA, Inc
48) MGA Home Healthcare Washington LLC
49) North Olympic Legislative Alliance
50) Pacific Lutheran University
51) Palo Alto Networks
52) PISCES INTERNATIONAL
53) PORT BLAKELY
54) Port of Hoodsport
55) Port of Longview
56) Port of Pasco
57) PRA Group, Inc.
58) Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad
59) RELX INC
60) San Juan County
61) Skagit County
62) SNOHOMISH CO
63) SSMCP
64) Team Select Home Care
65) THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
66) TOTAL WINE & MORE
67) Town of Yacolt
68) WA OIL MARKETERS ASSN
69) Washington School Counselor Association
70) Watco
71) Whatcom Co
72) 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: October 21, 2025
