Bart was the co-founder and co-owner of a nursing home management company and a podiatry surgery hospital. He was instrumental in selling both of the enterprises to national public companies for a combined total of $12 million. In the nonprofit sector he has served as the executive director of a floundering association that grew to 10,000 members. Under his leadership this fully subsidized organization become a vibrant fundraising and special events business with a budget in excess of $500,000 per year.