Introduction

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.

Achievements

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

Clients

1) #1A LifeSafer

2) 1A Smart Start LLC

3) Bamboo Health

4) Benton County Commissioners

5) Carahsoft Technology Corporation

6) Cascade Water Alliance

7) City of Aberdeen

8) City of Airway Heights

9) City of Bainbridge Island

10) City of Battle Ground

11) CITY OF BELLEVUE

12) City of Blaine

13) City of Bothell

14) CITY OF COVINGTON

15) City of Ellensburg

16) CITY OF GIG HARBOR

17) City of Hoquiam

18) CITY OF ISSAQUAH

19) CITY OF KELSO

20) CITY OF KENMORE

21) CITY OF KENNEWICK

22) CITY OF KENT

23) City of La Center

24) CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK

25) CITY OF LAKEWOOD

26) CITY OF LONGVIEW

27) City of Lynden

28) City of Lynnwood

29) City of Medical Lake

30) City of Moses Lake

31) CITY OF MOUNTLAKE TERRACE

32) City of Newcastle

33) City Of Othello

34) CITY OF PASCO

35) CITY OF PORT ORCHARD

36) CITY OF REDMOND

37) CITY OF SEATAC

38) City of Spokane Valley

39) City of Sultan

40) CITY OF TACOMA

41) CITY OF TOPPENISH

42) CLARK COUNTY

43) COLUMBIA RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

44) Consumer Brands Association

45) COWLITZ PUD

46) Economic Alliance Snohomish County

47) Evergreen Forest Stewards

48) FEDEX

49) Food Northwest

50) GOODWILL OF THE OLYMPICS & RAINIER REGION

51) Greater Grays Harbor, Inc

52) Haploos Inc

53) HIGHLINE COLLEGE

54) INLAND POWER & LIGHT

55) Innovia Foundation

56) Island County

57) Jaguar Transport Holdings LLC

58) LendingTree, LLC

59) Lewis County

60) Lewis PUD 01

61) McCain Foods USA, Inc

62) MGA Home Healthcare Washington LLC

63) North Olympic Legislative Alliance

64) PACIFIC COAST SHELLFISH GROWERS ASSN

65) Pacific Lutheran University

66) Palo Alto Networks

67) PIERCE TRANSIT

68) PISCES INTERNATIONAL

69) PORT BLAKELY

70) Port of Hoodsport

71) Port of Longview

72) Port of Pasco

73) PRA Group, Inc.

74) Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad

75) RELX INC

76) Roblox

77) San Juan County

78) Skagit County

79) SNOHOMISH CO

80) SSMCP

81) Team Select Home Care

82) THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC.

83) TOTAL WINE & MORE

84) Town of Yacolt

85) WA ASSN OF WHEAT GROWERS

86) WA GRAIN COMMISSION

87) WA OIL MARKETERS ASSN

88) WA POTATO & ONION ASSN

89) WA ST POTATO COMMISSION

90) Washington School Counselor Association

91) Watco

92) Whatcom Co

93) Whatcom Transportation Authority

94) YAKIMA CO

Number of Years as a Lobbyist

20+ years

Relationships

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

Biography

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: May 11, 2025