Bart VerHulst joined CCA in January 2007 as Managing Director, Federal Customer Relations and was named Managing Director and, later, Vice President of Federal and Local Customer Relations in 2008. Prior to joining CCA, VerHulst spent most of his recent years in the political arena. First as a staff assistant to the Bill Frist for Senate campaign, then working his way up through the Frist organization to Chief of Staff for the then United States Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. In addition to his federal customer relations responsibility, VerHulst coordinates the annual Chairman’s Charity Golf Tournament to raise funds for local charities. VerHulst holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Hope College in Holland, Michigan.