Leah Alissa Bayer, AIA, is an architect, business leader, and advocate focused on reshaping how architectural practice works, and who it works for. She is President of Architects FORA, a fully virtual, women-owned practice advancing affordable housing through research-driven design and progressive business practices. Trained to design for health, safety, and welfare, Leah extends those obligations to the people behind the work, pushing the profession to care for its teams as deliberately as it cares for its buildings. A nationally recognized keynote speaker on resilient and future-focused practice models, Leah received the 2023 AIA California Young Architect Award. A Cal Poly San Luis Obispo alumna and volunteer leader for more than a decade, her recent service includes the AIA Governance Task Force, YAF Summit Steering Committee, AIA Strategic Council, AIA California Board, AIA Silicon Valley Past President, and NCARB’s Futures Collaborative.