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Business Development

Kurtz Homes Naples and The Collective Naples

A Naples native, Elizabeth Kurtz Isbell earned a business degree from the University of Central Florida, and currently works at Kurtz Homes Naples and The Collective Naples, a high-end design center, covering marketing, events and business development. It was her grandfather who provided the best business lesson on giving back.

“My Papa, Ron Kurtz, who co-founded Kurtz Home Naples, always said, ‘Be a good steward of the things entrusted to you.’ My Papa saw everything he was given as something to be given back. He knew the value of relationships and instilling this principle in the next generation,” she says. “As his granddaughter, I have seen two generations before me live this out personally and professionally. This is something that will continue to drive what I do and will be a motivating factor in the roles that have been entrusted to me.”

Isbell is also invested in the community through the STARability Foundation and as president of the Naples Design District, Southwest Florida’s creative quarter. She is currently working to support the refurbishment of the Naples Design District.