![Elliott Kurtz with his son, Simon, on a birding trip at Patuxent research Refuge. Photo credit: Allan Rodriguez](/sites/default/files/styles/390x260/public/2023-11/Elliott_Kurtz-rgb.jpg?itok=zlkuyuSW)
Elliott Kurtz (MS ’17)
Elliott Kurtz (MS ’17), a senior geospatial analyst at Chesapeake Conservancy, gives credit to his father for helping him discover his career path. His dad convinced him to take a Geographic Information Systems class in his sophomore year of college, which led him to SEAS.