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 LONGVIEW
18) City of Lynden
19) City of Moses Lake
20) CITY OF MOUNTLAKE TERRACE
21) City of Newcastle
22) CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
23) CITY OF REDMOND
24) CITY OF TACOMA
25) CITY OF TOPPENISH
26) Clallam Economic Alliance
27) CLARK COUNTY
28) COWLITZ PUD
29) Evergreen Forest Stewards
30) FEDEX
31) HIGHLINE COLLEGE
32) INLAND POWER & LIGHT
33) Island County
34) Jaguar Transport Holdings LLC
35) LendingTree, LLC
36) Lewis County
37) Lewis PUD 01
38) McCain Foods USA, Inc
39) Pacific Lutheran University
40) Palo Alto Networks
41) PISCES INTERNATIONAL
42) PORT BLAKELY
43) Port of Longview
44) Port of Pasco
45) PRA Group, Inc.
46) Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad
47) RELX INC
48) San Juan County
49) Skagit County
50) SNOHOMISH CO
51) THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
52) TOTAL WINE & MORE
53) Town of Yacolt
54) WA OIL MARKETERS ASSN
55) Washington School Counselor Association
56) Watco
57) Whatcom Co
58) 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 20, 2026
