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Co-founder and Principal of KlasRobinson Q.E.D., Matt Robinson has been a consultant in the hospitality industry for almost 20 years, specializing in market research, feasibility analyses and economic impact studies. Mr. Robinson has consulted on numerous casino, hotel and other hospitality and leisure industry projects. With a background in planning and economic development, Mr. Robinson has specific expertise working in Indian Country on gaming and other tribal economic diversification projects. Mr. Robinson recently completed his second consecutive term on the Executive Board of the National Indian Gaming Association and currently serves on NIGA’s Spirit of Sovereignty Committee.
Mr. Robinson is a frequent speaker at national and regional conferences on issues related to feasibility, economic impact and planning. He is a guest lecturer at colleges and universities including his alma mater Macalester College. Mr. Robinson is also a featured contributor to a variety of national trade publications including Indian Gaming Magazine and Casino Enterprise Management Magazine and is often quoted in regional periodicals.
Mr. Robinson has a Masters degree in Planning with a secondary concentration in economic and community development from the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota. While at the Humphrey Institute, Mr. Robinson conducted research at the Tourism Center of the University of Minnesota, specializing in rural tourism development. He is a graduate of Macalester College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in three majors: Economics, Spanish and International Studies. During the 1988-89 academic year, he attended the Universidad De Complutense and the Institute of European Studies in Madrid, Spain.
Mr. Robinson also has more than five years of operational and management experience working in various facets of the hospitality industry both at home and abroad. He is fluent in oral and written Spanish and is a member of La Sociedad Hispanica Sigma Delta of the National Spanish Honor Society. Mr. Robinson is also a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon of the National Economics Honor Society.
Prior to co-founding KlasRobinson Q.E.D., Mr. Robinson was Vice President of the Hospitality Group of GVA Marquette Advisors, a national consulting firm. During his eight-plus years with The Hospitality Group, Mr. Robinson consulted on numerous gaming, hotel and other hospitality and leisure industry projects and was the editor and analyst of both The Twin Cities Hotel Report and The Seattle Hotel Report, quarterly publications on lodging industry trends.