Tim Dolan is the vice president of advancement for the University of Hawai’i System, and the CEO of the University of Hawai’i Foundation.

Dolan joined the UH and UH Foundation teams in January 2019 after serving as the vice principal of advancement at the University of Sydney, where for 10 years he led their historic $1 billion campaign: INSPIRED, the first and then largest campaign in Australia. 

Prior to joining the University of Sydney, Dolan spent nearly seven years as a fundraiser within the College of Letters & Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, his alma mater, and ultimately directed their university-wide leadership gift program. Before UCLA, Dolan served as director of development at the UH John A. Burns School of Medicine and the UH Cancer Center, where his longstanding love for Hawai’i and its people began.   

Dolan strongly believes in the noble and grounded mission of public universities. Building on a desire to advance the educational and research mission of the University of Hawai’i, he has set out to deepen the community’s engagement with UH and expand private philanthropy to support UH’s strategic priorities. Dolan and his team are now laying the groundwork and building momentum for the launch of the University of Hawai’i Foundation’s most ambitious capital campaign ever.  

When not in the office, he can often be found on the tennis courts of Ala Moana Beach Park, or hiking the trails behind Makapu’u with his wife and two grown kids.    

Originally from San Diego, Dolan earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA and pursued a master’s degree in Philosophy from Loyola University Chicago.