Chapter 3 - BEFORE THE STROKE
Evelyn founded Hart Mobility at forty-two.
Not a technology empire.
A regional transportation and adaptive-mobility company.
It began with six wheelchair-accessible vans and medical transport contracts.
Then expanded into:
senior transportation,
rehabilitation shuttles,
accessible fleet leasing,
and public-sector mobility services.
At its peak, Hart Mobility employed more than 230 people.
Evelyn sold the operating company five years earlier to a larger logistics group.
She retained:
a minority financial interest,
a charitable foundation,
and control of a separate mobility-access fund.
The sale made her comfortable.
Not untouchable.
The Hart Mobility Foundation held approximately $14 million in invested assets and grant commitments.
Evelyn chaired the board.
Celia worked in donor relations.
Grant handled property and vendor operations.
Owen was an operations manager and long-time family employee.
Then Evelyn had a stroke.
Right-sided brain event.
Left-sided weakness.
Rehabilitation.
Speech mostly recovered.
Decision-making intact.
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But the family saw something else.
Vulnerability.
