Alison Gambill is a junior Augustinian Scholar and Presidential Leadership Fellow Economics and Business major at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. From Little Rock, Arkansas, graduating from the all-girls Catholic school Mount St. Mary Academy as the Student Body President, Alison is ready to inspire young women to chase their dreams and fulfill their potential. As Student Body President, she addressed the tragic passing of her classmate, led the school in collecting 79,082 cans to supply the Central Arkansas food banks, and spoke with families, classmates, and parents, at pep rallies and speeches calling young women to continue “A Tradition of Excellence”. She has attended leadership conferences such as: Pepperdine University’s Crossways: A Christian Youth Leadership Experience, the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar, American Legion Auxiliary Arkansas Girls State, and now AWIL’s 2025 Conference where she co-presented with Dr. Jamie Sanfilippo “Young Women SHOULD Lead”.

Alison has worked in the insurance industry for four years holding insurance licenses in both Arkansas and California. Starting at Matt Morris State Farm her junior year of high school, she handled claims, including Central Arkansas’s tornadoes in March 2023, boosted customer retention and satisfaction, wrote insurance policies, ran events, marketing, and social media. Now she serves the Channel Islands Fiduciary Group auditing customers policies and attending probate court on their behalf. She takes pride in her fiduciary duty and taking care of “her” customers.

Alison is tasked with developing and leading the first student-led AWIL Task force representing 7-9 different CCCU institutions, who desire to plan a series of seminars or workshops during the annual AWIL conferences geared to reach and inspire female students. The dream and goal of this new initiative is to attract more students from our campuses to attend and be inspired to seek ways of leading and influencing others on their college and university campuses.