Burt Lauten is a native of the town of Fombell in Beaver County and a 1995 graduate of Riverside High School, where he earned varsity letters for four years in baseball and basketball. Burt knew that he wanted to be involved in sports in his professional life, but his dream of being a broadcaster changed in his senior year at Westminster College when he interned with the college's sports information office.

After graduating from Westminster in 1999, Burt began his sports media career in the Sports Information Office of Miami University of Ohio. In 2001, Burt was hired by the University of Pittsburgh as an assistant athletic media relations director, assisting with the Panthers' football, baseball, and women's basketball teams. Burt assisted in the promotion of Pitt wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who in 2003 won the Biletnikoff Award and the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award and finished second in Heisman Trophy voting. Burt accompanied Pitt's football team to the 2002 Insight Bowl, 2003 Continental Tire Bowl, and 2005 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

Since 2005, Burt has been a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers Communications Department. After serving as the team's Public Relations/Media Manager for six years, Burt was promoted to Director of Communications. Burt serves as the team's spokesman on all football and organizational matters. In addition to handling all day-to-day operations of the Steelers' Communications Department, Burt works to develop year-round public relations plans for all of the organization's messages and handles all media inquiries involving players and executives, including Team President Art Rooney II, Head Coach Mike Tomlin, and General Manager Omar Khan, as well as former General Manager Kevin Colbert, who remarked that "Burt is not only appreciated by his Steeler Family, but he is also recognized and appreciated by all his colleagues in the NFL and its media partners across the country. Most importantly, Burt has always cherished his Beaver County roots and identity throughout the process".

Burt has been a member of the Steelers' communications staff for three Super Bowls, including wins in Super Bowl XL and XLIII. Burt has worked eight Super Bowls, including assisting the NFL in five such games during his time with the Steelers. In 2014, the Pro Football Writers Association honored Burt and his staff with the Pete Rozelle Award, given annually to the NFL's PR staff that consistently strives for excellence in its dealings and relationships with the media. In 2018, Burt received the Public Relations Society of America Pittsburgh Renaissance Communicator of the Year Award.

Burt spearheads all the franchise's football communications efforts and works closely with the team's business and community partners to help maximize the team's media attention on a local and national stage. Burt assists in the management of the Steelers' social media initiatives and coordination of publicity across the team's digital platforms, and Burt oversees corporate communications for the Steelers relating to Acrisure Stadium, Stage AE, and the North Shore development.

Burt currently lives in Mars, PA. He and his wife Amy have one daughter, Paige.