Since 1997 Gordon Thomas Honeywell Government Relations (GTH) has provided comprehensive federal advocacy with Congress and our federal agencies to a diverse set of clients. GTH has produced an unparalleled record of accomplishments and a reputation as a world-class government relations firm in the nation’s capital. Our policy expertise and strong relationships throughout Congress, its vital congressional committees, and across our federal agencies, positions GTH as unrivaled in leading our clients’ interests throughout the federal government.
GTH is driven to advance our clients’ federal government relations priorities with a strategic, information-driven, and solutions-oriented approach that delivers exceptional results. At all levels and at all times GTH only focuses on advocacy strategies that produce a positive return on investment (ROI) for our clients.
Our Federal Government Relations Team have a variety of direct federal funding and policy experiences and continue to expand on a comprehensive range of subject area expertise. With these experiences, knowledge, and relationships with the federal government, our firm is uniquely positioned to provide a comprehensive and aggressive strategy for solving any clients’ objectives.
With four full-time senior federal government relations advocates, 25 additional government relations professionals, several public and private sector clients and over twenty-five years of experience working in and with the federal government; GTH is unparalleled at providing our clients with federal government professionals capable of handling any issue.
Over twenty-five years of providing world-class government relations services in the nation’s capital, GTH has tackled every issue, both for private and public sector clients. We deploy our experiences and relationships to deliver our clients with a strategic, information-driven, and solutions-oriented approach to their federal agenda, working across Congress and federal agencies to align the most impactful and complete advocacy.
GTH’s representation at the federal level is fundamentally focused on a return-on-investment (ROI) model, whether it is funding a project, passage of legislation, moving Administration action, or impacting federal regulation. GTH always focuses on the ROI, so the client knows they are spending their resources wisely and receiving a positive result.
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Emily Shay advocates for clients across economic development, local government, and the business sector as part of our firm’s lobbying team. Emily has worked on a broad range of issues including public safety, wildfire, water, appeal reform, tax and finance, housing, and transportation, and has secured millions of dollars in budget appropriations for her clients. Emily represents many of her clients at both the state and federal levels, advancing their priorities in Olympia and working with Congress, federal agencies, and the Executive Branch. With strategic guidance from the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, her clients get a coordinated strategy across both capitals.
Emily previously worked in the Seattle office of Scarlet Oak Strategies, a public affairs and communications firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. She was an associate for the firm, planning public affairs strategies and advocacy for state-based clients in the Pacific Northwest and across the country. Before that, she worked in a law firm where she assisted attorneys and paralegals with case filings, files, and research, and she has worked as a policy researcher in Washington, D.C. In her most previous role, she served as the Director of Government Affairs for tax and fiscal policy at the Association of Washington Business.
She started her career with service internships for both Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell. Emily received her B.A. in political science from the University of Washington in Seattle.
