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) Bamboo Health
2) Benton County Commissioners
3) Cascade Water Alliance
4) City of Aberdeen
5) City of Airway Heights
6) City of Battle Ground
7) City of Blaine
8) CITY OF COVINGTON
9) City of Ellensburg
10) CITY OF GIG HARBOR
11) City of Hoquiam
12) CITY OF ISSAQUAH
13) CITY OF KELSO
14) CITY OF KENMORE
15) City of La Center
16) CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK
17) City of Lynden
18) City of Moses Lake
19) CITY OF MOUNTLAKE TERRACE
20) City of Newcastle
21) CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
22) CITY OF REDMOND
23) CITY OF TACOMA
24) CITY OF TOPPENISH
25) Clallam Economic Alliance
26) CLARK COUNTY
27) COWLITZ PUD
28) Evergreen Forest Stewards
29) FEDEX
30) HIGHLINE COLLEGE
31) INLAND POWER & LIGHT
32) Island County
33) Jaguar Transport Holdings LLC
34) LendingTree, LLC
35) Lewis County
36) McCain Foods USA, Inc
37) Pacific Lutheran University
38) Palo Alto Networks
39) PISCES INTERNATIONAL
40) PORT BLAKELY
41) Port of Longview
42) Port of Pasco
43) PRA Group, Inc.
44) Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad
45) RELX INC
46) San Juan County
47) Skagit County
48) SNOHOMISH CO
49) THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
50) TOTAL WINE & MORE
51) Town of Yacolt
52) WA OIL MARKETERS ASSN
53) Washington School Counselor Association
54) Watco
55) Whatcom Co
56) 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: January 22, 2026
