Matt Robbins is President of American Majority, a nationwide non-partisan, non-profit organization which identifies and trains fiscally conservative leaders and activists to be effective. Founded in 2008, American Majority has trained over 33,000 individuals in 45 states, almost 3,000 of whom have become candidates. American Majority is focused on creating generational political change by building a “farm team” of competent, credible office-holders at state and local levels across the country.
An experienced political veteran, Matt has been political director for the California Republican Party, a Coalitions director on McCain-Palin 2008 and the Director of Training at The Leadership Institute. Additionally, with time in public affairs representing associations, corporations and other non-profits, Matt possesses deep roots in the advocacy sphere. Matt was also campaign staff on Bush-Cheney 2004, has served as a “friendly-fire” analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon, and has worked in both state-level races and state government.
Matt has personally spoken before and trained thousands of political activists nationwide and in several foreign countries on campaign management, communications and party and candidate development. He has appeared in: The New York Times, Bloomberg News, CNN, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Daily Beast, Politico, RedState.com, Mother Jones, The American Prospect, The Daily Caller, CBN and The Green Mountain Daily, plus SiriusXM Satellite Radio, and dozens more local radio and online outlets nationwide, as well as numerous international media.
Matt is a proud alumnus of The International Republican Institute, and The American Council of Young Political Leaders and is also affiliated with The Marian Bergeson Excellence in Public Service Series, The Political Leadership Academy, and The Close Up Foundation. An Arkansas native with a degree from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, Matt blames the 1980’s newspaper comic strip “Bloom County” for an early, ongoing and perverse interest in politics and its absurdities.