Michael Dolan serves as the Assistant Director, Global Operations in the University Design Institute (UDI) at Arizona State University (ASU). In this role, Mike supports the Executive Director, Global Operations to advance operational efforts to support the UDI vision to transform higher education globally. Global Operations (GO) is positioned as the strategic core driving the structures, processes, policies and financials that are critical to UDI. GO blends a dynamic mix of operational efficiency and effectiveness with an agile approach to meet the evolving needs of our strategic portfolios and global clients. GO constantly strives for best-in-class operational excellence across several mission critical areas including financials, talent management, project management, monitoring and evaluation and other areas. Prior to this role, Mike served as the Assistant Director, Leadership Initiatives for UDI, overseeing a variety of leadership development initiatives for ASU faculty and staff, including the Leadership Academy (peerLA), leadership network, and leadership portal. Through this work, he supported the advancement and success of peerLA, which includes over 300 participants/alumni, and he worked to unify leadership development efforts across the university, supporting a network of over 2,300 faculty and staff leaders.
Mike has worked in higher education for nearly 12 years in a variety of roles including student support, faculty and staff leadership development, and operations. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science in Global Business from Arizona State University and a Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis on Marketing from University of Phoenix.