Amber Lilyestrom
Amber Lilyestrom
Title: Associate Athletic Director for Marketing & Strategic Initiatives
Phone: 603-862-0837
Email: amber.lilyestrom@unh.edu

Amber Lilyestrom is the Associate Athletic Director for Marketing and Strategic Initiatives at the University of New Hampshire. Lilyestrom is directly responsible for marketing, promotions, management of the group sales department and corporate sponsorship fulfillment for all of UNH’s ticketed sports (men's and women's hockey, football, men's and women's basketball, and women's gymnastics). Additional duties include special event logistics and game day presentation management. She also works in a public relations capacity, managing special projects, University communications and community outreach initiatives.

Lilyestrom began as the athletics marketing coordinator in 2004 and has held multiple roles in the department, which have ranged from the director of marketing to the interim director of the Wildcat Corporate Partners program. In addition, the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA) awarded UNH the 2006 gold medal for a season ticket sales campaign for both men’s and women’s basketball, an effort in which Lilyestrom played a vital role.

Lilyestrom was selected as a member of the NACMA Board of Directors in 2011 for her work in collegiate athletics marketing. She is the co-chair of the new NACMA Young Professionals committee and has played a pivitol role in providing the membership with increased content and interactive monthly live chat events.  Lilyestrom teaches a sports marketing course at UNH in the fall semester as well.  She has also played an integral role in the management of several NCAA Championships, including the 2005 Women’s Frozen Four, 2005 NCAA Northeast Gymnastic Regional, and the 2007, 2009 and 2011 NCAA Northeast Men’s Hockey Regionals, in addition to several conference championships.

Lilyestrom graduated from UNH in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English (concentration and minors in journalism/sport studies/psychology) and a Master's of Science in Kinesiology/Sport Studies in 2010 (concentration in business/marketing). She was also a member of the women's soccer team, and served as the captain during her senior season. She was the president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) in her senior year and served on the council throughout her time as an undergraduate student. Lilyestrom was also a Presidential Scholar and a four-time America East and UNH Scholar-Athlete. She and her husband, Ben, live in Dover, NH.

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