Careers and Outcomes
With a degree from Elmhurst’s Department of Geography & GIS, your professional horizons will be wide and interesting.
Our graduates are working in urban, regional, and transportation planning; cartography and geographic information systems (GIS); commercial location and marketing analysis; education; and more.
For example:
- Michael Bledsoe ’15, is a GIS Technician at the City of Geneva
- Lisa Gulczynski ’14, is a mapping specialist in the Department of Public Works at the Village of Orland Park
- Rebecca Areco ’13, Kelsey Caldwell ’11, Nathan Rold, Linus Saulys and Karl Steimel ’09, are mapping specialists with Exelon (ComEd)
- Shannon Peters ’12, is a project management analyst with Exelon (ComEd)
- Brook Windham ’12, is a GIS Specialist/Database Administrator HBK Engineering, LLC, where she works with mapping analysts Paige Marshall ’12, and Margaret Foy ’12
- Anthony Filipiak ’12, is a GIS Specialist at Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology
- Andrew Dunham ’11, is a GIS Analyst at EN Engineering
- Brian Firek ’10, is a senior traffic quality analyst at HERE, a Nokia Company
- Kevin Hlava ’10, is a real estate analyst at McDonald’s Corporation
- Milan Cukvas, is a senior geomatics specialist & field operations manager with Urban GIS
- Nathan Rold, Linas Saulys and Karl Steimel ’09, are mapping specialists with Exelon (ComEd)
- Christina Colantoni ’08, is a senior GIS specialist with ESRI in St. Louis
- Carmella Burdi ’06, is a GIS Specialist with the County of DuPage
- Leah Talaber ’06, is a GIS Analyst with Argonne National Laboratory
- Sean Diatte ’05, is the GIS Analyst at the Village of Hoffman Estates
- Chris Gonzalez ’05, is a GIS Analyst with Sidwell in St. Charles
- Brian Parker ’05, is a GIS Analyst with the Village of Algonquin
- Candice Assell (Engelbrecht) ’02, teaches earth science/astronomy/weather & environment at Naperville North High School
- Melanie Luna Gotto ’02, is a consultant in the environmental industry working for Entact Environmental
- William Rockwell ’02, is the GIS Coordinator at the Village of Vernon Hills
- Kevin Donovan ’00, works as a land surveyor at Webster, McGrath & Ahlberg
- Dave Andrusyk ’97, works as a naturalist for the Tri-County State Park Visitor Center
- Cyndi Harper (Woltzen) ’96, is transit planner for the Twin Cities Area Transit Agency
- Rick Heckman ’95, teaches geography and history at Glenbard West High School
- Dr. Michael Urban ’91, is a professor of geography at the University of Missouri
- Linda Kuta Gray ’88, is a geographic specialist for the U.S. Department of the Census