Ryan Tibshirani was awarded the 2023 COPSS Presidents’ Award, a testament to his significant contributions to nonparametric estimation, high-dimensional inference, and distribution-free inference. His work has deeply influenced the statistical and machine learning communities, demonstrating the broad applications of his research in both theoretical and practical domains. The COPSS Presidents' Award, which is often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of Statistics" is one of the highest honors in the field of statistics.