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Dr. Gary Vallen
Casino Gaming Management
Hotel Operations and Resort Management
Hotel and Restaurant Management
Front Desk and Hotel Operations
Dr. Gary Vallen; President
Gary Vallen Hospitality Consultants
A Division of University Associates, Incorporated
2360 West Kiltie Lane; Suite #1A
Flagstaff, Arizona 86001
Office: (928) 779-9889
Work: (928) 523-1702
Cell: (928) 853-8748
Fax: (928) 523-1711
E-mail: Gary.Vallen@NAU.edu
Web Site: www2.nau.edu/~gkv

Gary Vallen is Full Professor in the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management at Northern Arizona University. He became one of the founding faculty members when the program was initiated in 1988, joining the team after more than sixteen years of industry management. In industry, Vallen worked a variety of positions, including; vice-president and assistant general manager of a hotel casino operation in Reno, Nevada.

Along with a successful career in education, marked by over 37-refereed articles and numerous national and international presentations, Dr. Vallen also operates a successful consulting business. Known as Gary Vallen Hospitality Consultants, this consulting business has been incorporated since 1971 and specializes in hotel and resort operations, casino management, bed and breakfast profitability studies, Native American tourism enterprises, and other topical projects.

Dr. Vallen is co-author of the best-selling hospitality industry textbook Check-In Check-Out. Editor of another text entitled A Host of Opportunities; An Introduction to Hospitality Management. And has written chapters in several other texts including; Hospitality in Review; A Capstone Course, Tourism and Gaming on American Indian Lands, and of course, A Host of Opportunities; An Introduction to Hospitality Management.

Dr. Vallen holds his undergraduate degree in Hotel Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As well as an MBA degree from the University of Nevada, Reno. He was awarded a Doctorate degree in Educational Leadership with an emphasis in Hospitality and Casino Management from Northern Arizona University.

Dr. Vallen can be reached at Gary.Vallen@NAU.edutextfield5: Dr. Vallen has many years of industry experience in the following areas. He is also a Full Professor in the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management:

Hotel operations
Resort Management
Restaurant Management
Casino Management
Bed and breakfast Management
Native American Casino Operations
Dr. Vallen can be reached at Gary.Vallen@NAU.edu