Burt is a retired educator who served the North Penn School district as a mathematics teacher (10 years), and as a Middle School/High School administrator (31 years). He has been a member of Visitation parish since its founding in 1954, and is a 1962 graduate of Visitation BVM School. He serves as an usher as well as Eucharistic Minister, and he resides in Worcester Twp. with his wife, Susan. They have 3 adult children and 5 grandchildren.