Bart joined the Palm Springs Animal Shelter in December, 2021. Bart oversees the fundraising efforts for PSAS, and works closely on the marketing and communications initiatives. Bart has been in the development field for over 20 years in Southern California, having worked for a variety of organizations such as Global Green USA, the Make-A Wish Foundation, the Los Angeles LGBT Center, AIDS Project Los Angeles and The Pablove Foundation. Bart serves on the Board of the Desert Business Association. He enjoys volunteering as a small dog walker for the shelter, and lives in Palm Springs with his husband Mark and their dog Roxxy, who they adopted from PSAS [citation].