Dirck Bartlett helped start a family-owned construction company, ILEX Construction, Inc. in 1986 and has worked for ILEX ever since. He moved to Easton in 1998 with his wife, Christy. Together, they have two grown children, Peter and Katherine.
Dirck is an active member of the Mid-Shore community: serving on the Board of the Academy of the Arts, the Talbot Historical Society Board, the Talbot Free Library Board, the Board of Pickering Creek – Audubon Center as Chairman, and served as Christ Church Vestry and Senior Warden. He currently serves on the Spring Hill Cemetery Board. He is also a former member of the Talbot County Council (2006 – 2018)
His interests include historic preservation, fishing, hunting, watersports, and nature.