Victoria (Tori) Murden McClure, J.D.

Tori first came to NOLS as a semester student in Alaska in 1985. The next year she went to Africa to participate in another NOLS semester course.

Tori was elected to the NOLS Board of Trustees in 2005.

Tori serves as the Vice President for External Relations, Enrollment Management, and Student Affairs at Spalding University, where she is also the acting Corporate General Counsel. Tori is responsible for government and community relations. She supervises the departments of Admissions, Financial Aid, the Office of the Registrar, Marketing and Public Relations. Tori oversees Student Development and Campus Life including: Student Leadership, Disability Services, Residence Life, Intercollegiate Athletics, Dining, and Campus Security.

Tori earned her A.B. from Smith College, a Masters in Divinity from Harvard University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Louisville School of Law, and a Masters of Fine Arts in Writing from Spalding University. She was admitted to the practice of law in 1995 and is a lawyer in good standing with the Kentucky Bar Association. Professionally, Tori has worked as Chaplain at Boston City Hospital, the executive director of a shelter for homeless women, as a public policy assistant for the Mayor of Louisville, and she worked for Muhammad Ali to assist with early efforts to create the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville.

Tori is best known as the first woman and first American to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was also the first woman and first American to travel over land to the geographic South Pole, skiing 750 miles from the ice shelf to the pole. An avid mountaineer, Tori has climbed on several continents and she was the first woman to climb Lewis Nunatuck summit in Antarctica. She is a fully certified Emergency Medical Technician in both urban and wilderness areas.