“Anne did more than almost anyone to help define an entire generation of inspirational voices in the architectural community and the allied fields,” says current League president Nat Oppenheimer of Rieselbach’s tenure. “When one looks back over the past 40 years of the programs that Anne led, one clearly sees the evolution of design in this period.”

Programs “profoundly impacted” by Rieselbach’s leadership include the Mentorship Program, Student Program, and the League’s two flagship initiatives: the Emerging Voices and League Prize (formerly the Young Architects Forum) competitions, both of which now observe a biennial cycle after operating yearly since their respective inceptions. The latest cohort of Emerging Voices Winners was announced earlier this month. “Her decades of thoughtful outreach, framing, and encouragement have shaped these programs into what they are today: emblematic pillars of the League’s work in building community and advancing the shared work of the allied fields,” writes the League.

In addition to her roles with the League, Rieselbach is an active member of the greater New York architecture and design community, serving on the board of Open House New York and as a critic and juror for various architecture schools, grant review panels, and prize competitions. She is both an honorary member of the New York City chapter of the American Institute of Architects and an American Academy of Arts and Letters awardee.

“A particularly fulfilling activity at the League has been identifying and fostering the efforts of generations of young and emerging architects and firms to develop their unique voices, share their realized work, as well as the lessons learned from the research and design processes that undergird their practices as a whole,” says Rieselbach.

Events celebrating Rieselbach’s tenure are being planned for this spring.