Mike Hart '83

Mike Hart is the CEO of Hart Associates, a full-service digital marketing and advertising agency based in Toledo, Ohio, where he began his career in 1982.

As CEO, Hart has worked with his team to build an agency that rests on a foundation of Midwestern values while delivering high-end solutions and creativity typically associated with larger agencies on the east and west coast. Everyday the team strives to develop lasting relationships with their clients while also producing incredible work for brands such as ProMedica, Paramount Health Care, Therma-Tru, La-Z-Boy, Johnson and Johnson/DePuy, HCR ManorCare, The Ohio Lottery and Lima Memorial Health System.

Hart has been recognized as EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2005, The Ad Club of Toledo's Man of the Year and The Press Club of Toledo's Man of the Year.

Hart graduated from BGSU with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a specialization in sales management.