Riezl holds a Bachelor's degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration and joined the Hyatt Hotels as a Corporate Management Trainee. She worked for the company for seven years in Operations Management and Hospitality Sales in Houston and Atlanta. She served as a Board Director for Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the largest meeting and event industry association, and was the Editor-in-Chief of Breakout, Georgia MPI's monthly publication that is distributed to thousands of members.
As the Director of Athens (Ga.) Convention and Visitors Bureau, Riezl developed strategic plans to attract conventions to the city. In 2000, she obtained her real estate license and worked for Reynolds Lake Oconee Properties where she was a top producer for 20 years.
Riezl is a public speaker and has spoken at several national real estate conferences and webinars. She was an invited speaker at a National Empowerment Conference in Las Vegas in 2022 where she spoke about “Successful Entrepreneurship in America.” She was also featured in a 2022 episode of Fox Business Network’s prime-time real estate show Mansion Global.
She and her husband have been married for 26 years and have two children, Stuart, who is a junior at Yale University, and Remi, who attends Interlochen Performing Arts Academy.
Community Footprints
- Co-Founder, LEAD Lake Oconee
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Board Member, Oconee Performing Arts Society.
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Board Member, St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Board.
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Past Chairman, St. Mary Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Board, 2017-2019.
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Past President, Lake Country Board of Real Estate Agents, 2016.
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Co-Founder, Lake Oconee Food and Wine Festival.
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Three-Year Chair, Heart and Soul Gala Benefit, Ritz Carlton Lake Oconee.
- Co-Chair, Heart and Soul Benefit Gala, 2022