Larry Robbin, Executive Director of Robbin and Associates, has a lifelong history in education as a counselor, teacher and program developer.  Larry’s mother was a professional musician and actress and she instilled in him a love for the performing arts.  Larry began working in the performing arts as a child.  When he was a teenager a local community center recruited him to be a counselor and teacher on the faculty of a performing arts training program for young people.  It was here that Larry developed his love for counseling and teaching.  He went on to volunteer doing counseling, teaching and program development work in education programs in Chicago serving youth and adults in poverty.  His excellent outcomes caught the eye of the Dean of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.  The Dean recruited Larry to the faculty where he was responsible for recruiting and counseling first generation college students.  Under Larry’s leadership, the school achieved the highest recruitment and retention outcomes with first generation students in its history.  Larry has trained over 100,000 people across the country.  He has presented at more than 500 conferences and delivered over 300 webinars.  He has given keynote speeches for many organizations including the Department of Education, Department of Labor, Apple Computer, Microsoft, California Workforce Association, schools, community based organizations and many other entities.