CetraRuddy’s Emerging Women Leaders Boost Mentorship
Underscoring its commitment to social impact and to advancing women architects and designers, the global architecture and interior design firm CetraRuddy has announced expanded roles for emerging leaders in the building industry, and participation in high-profile thought leadership groups and educational mentorship initiatives. The new roles are highlighted by female professionals including principal Emmanuelle C. Slossberg and associate principal Erica LiBritz, who have received significant promotions within the CetraRuddy studio while also earning national accolades, taking positions on the boards of influential city-building organizations, and bolstering recognition for the firm’s decade-plus contributions to education.
According to CetraRuddy’s executive committee, the new positions and accolades for Slossberg and LiBritz embody the firm’s collaborative spirit and humanistic approach. Under the leadership of CetraRuddy’s co-founding principal Nancy J. Ruddy, the 100-person firm has grown to become one of the design world’s most collaborative and equitable organizations, and has been ranked among “the best AEC firms to work for” by the national consultancy Zweig Group for the past four years. With women practitioners of architecture, interior design, project management and strategy and marketing representing 60 percent of its staff and leadership, CetraRuddy has also gained notice for its diverse firm makeup in an industry that remains, despite recent inroads, predominantly male.