Alli Lambert
Vice President of Advancement
NOLS
Alli Lambert joins National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) in September 2024 as their new Vice President of Advancement, providing strategic leadership and vision to elevate fundraising efforts across the school. Alli brings over two decades of advancement experience from leading small liberal arts colleges to working in large public universities to meet or exceed their fundraising goals. Most recently, Alli served as Chief Development Officer at Colby College, where she led giving strategy and operations of a large, high-performing, advancement team of 54. Alli also provided strategic leadership as part of Colby’s $1B Dare Northward campaign. Prior to Colby College, Alli served as Vice President and Assistant Vice President of the University of Vermont Foundation where she led a team to raise $120 million for a mix of capital and funding needs, one of the foundation’s most successful fundraising years. She also has held previous senior leadership roles at the University of California, Riverside and Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. We are thrilled for Alli to embark on this adventure to combine her motivation to build capable leaders for the future, passion for the natural world, and relational approach to fundraising.