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) Allen Institute

2) Bamboo Health

3) Benton County Commissioners

4) Carahsoft Technology Corporation

5) Cascade Water Alliance

6) City of Aberdeen

7) City of Airway Heights

8) City of Bainbridge Island

9) City of Battle Ground

10) CITY OF BELLEVUE

11) City of Blaine

12) City of Bothell

13) CITY OF COVINGTON

14) City of Ellensburg

15) CITY OF GIG HARBOR

16) City of Hoquiam

17) CITY OF ISSAQUAH

18) CITY OF KELSO

19) CITY OF KENMORE

20) CITY OF KENT

21) City of La Center

22) CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK

23) CITY OF LAKEWOOD

24) CITY OF LONGVIEW

25) City of Lynden

26) CITY OF MOUNTLAKE TERRACE

27) City of Newcastle

28) City Of Othello

29) CITY OF PASCO

30) CITY OF PORT ORCHARD

31) CITY OF REDMOND

32) CITY OF SEATAC

33) CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY

34) City of Sultan

35) CITY OF TACOMA

36) CLARK COUNTY

37) Coalition of Ignition Interlock Manufacturers

38) COWLITZ PUD

39) Economic Alliance Snohomish County

40) Elevance Health, and its Affiliates

41) Evergreen Forest Stewards

42) FEDEX

43) Food Northwest

44) GOODWILL OF THE OLYMPICS & RAINIER REGION

45) Greater Grays Harbor, Inc

46) HIGHLINE COLLEGE

47) INLAND POWER & LIGHT

48) Island County

49) Jaguar Transport Holdings LLC

50) Lewis County

51) Lewis PUD 01

52) Manulife Investment Management Timberland and Agriculture

53) McCain Foods USA, Inc

54) North Olympic Legislative Alliance

55) Omega Flex, Inc.

56) PACIFIC COAST SHELLFISH GROWERS ASSN

57) Pacific Lutheran University

58) PIERCE TRANSIT

59) PORT BLAKELY

60) Port of Hoodsport

61) Port of Longview

62) Port of Pasco

63) PRA Group, Inc.

64) Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad

65) RELX INC

66) San Juan County

67) Skagit County

68) SNOHOMISH CO

69) SSMCP

70) Tacoma Public Utilities

71) TOTAL WINE & MORE

72) UHV Manager LLC

73) WA ASSN OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS

74) WA ASSN OF WHEAT GROWERS

75) WA GRAIN COMMISSION

76) WA Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Assn

77) WA OIL MARKETERS ASSN

78) WA POTATO & ONION ASSN

79) WA ST POTATO COMMISSION

80) Watco

81) 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: March 07, 2024