Matt Bushard joined Great Hearts in April of 2024 and is currently the Chief Financial Officer with responsibilities over accounting, finance, insurance and treasury. Matt grew up in Sioux Falls South Dakota and attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN, a college in the Benedictine tradition of the liberal arts, graduating with honors and a degree in accounting and management. Matt joined the audit practice of KPMG after college and spent the next five years auditing several large private and public companies in various industries. In 2004, Matt relocated to Arizona and has lived in Chandler for the past 20 years. He started working with Supershuttle in 2004, and in 2006 SuperShuttle was acquired by a French global conglomerate that had operating companies all over the world. Matt rose there from the ranks of accounting leader to CFO where he oversaw finance, accounting, legal, human resources, insurance, and banking. Matt is married to his wife of 19 years, Maria. They are parents of 3 boys, Anthony, 17; Joseph, also 17; and Vincent, 13. Outside of work Matt spends most of his time with Maria and the boys, managing their sports activities, and traveling.