- Mitchell College
- Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
Guyot volunteers on a number of boards, including the Special Olympics Connecticut, the Connecticut Restaurant Association and the Connecticut Business & Industry Association or CBIA. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees of Mitchell College, his alma mater.
EMPLOYMENT
Guyot has been at Foxwoods since 2003. He began as the property’s Director of Employment, a role he held until October 2007.
Then, when the property was under the name MGM Grand at Foxwoods, he served as Director of Operations & Shared Services from October 2007 to December 2008; Executive Director of Hotel Operations & Shared Services from December 2008 to January 2010; and Vice President of Hotel Operations from January 2010 to May 2011.
He continued as Vice President of Hotel Operations from May 2011 to December 2013. Then he served as Vice President Resort Operations & Development from December 2013 to January 2018. From January 2018 to April 2020, Guyot worked as the Senior Vice President of Resort Operations.
In April 2020, he was named Interim CEO and SVP Resort Operations, a position he held until March 2021. That’s when he was named the full president and CEO of Foxwood Resort and Casino, the property’s current brand name.
PRODUCTS LAUNCHED
Owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, the Foxwoods Resort Casino opened in 1992 and boasts seven casinos.
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, a federally recognised Indian tribe, is located on one of the oldest reservations in existence: Mashantucket, in Southeastern Connecticut.
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is considered a pioneer in the Indian casino gaming industry. In addition to owning the Foxwoods Resort Casino, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation also owns a variety of complementary businesses, including Lake of Isles, a luxury golf experience and the Spa at Norwich Inn. The tribe also has a health and wellness company called Pequot Health Care, offering tribal and commercial health benefit plan management and pharmaceutical services throughout the US.
The Mashantucket Pequots have hosted more than 330 million visitors since 1992. The tribe has contributed more than $4bn in slot revenue payments to the state of Connecticut. It also has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars in donations and sponsorships to support charities, community events and programs as well as other tribes in need, both locally and across the US.
"I always say I want the team to feel comfortable, valued and important every day they walk through these doors. That’s still something I started early in my career and it drives me to this day. If we’re not accomplishing that, from a senior executive level or from a morale perspective, then we need to take a hard look at what we’re doing” Jason Guyot
Interviews and public speeches
For the CEO Special of Gaming America magazine, Guyot spoke to Tim Poole in September 2023 about the joys – and challenges – of running a Tribal property.
