Scott Hertz grew up in Houston, Texas, graduating from Robert E. Lee Senior High School. From 1998 to 2002, he attended the University of Texas at Austin where he graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Advertising. Scott is an alumni of the groundbreaking TexasInteractive program - one of the only collegiate Interactive Advertising programs in the country.

While attending UT-Austin, Scott served for three years as the Webmaster and Communications Manager for the URJ Greene Family Camp in Bruceville, Texas. He also spent two years at the University Coop bookstore in Austin, Texas - the largest collegiate bookstore in the country. During this time, he completed a large-scale upgrade and redesign of the retailer's website, universitycoop.com.

In 2002, Scott joined the National Staff of the Union for Reform Judaism's Youth Division as Manager of Web and Technology. He is responsible for all of the websites serving the youth and camping programs of the Reform Jewish Movement in North America. Scott oversees more than 35 websites including those of the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY), the Union's KESHER College Department, the URJ Youth Initiative, NFTY Israel Programs and the URJ Camps.

Though his heart is still deep in the heart of Texas, Scott currently resides in Manhattan.