He received his Master of Arts in Security Management from Webster University in St. Louis, MO in 1995.
Dolan was involved in a variety of issues such as highway safety and reform initiatives, veteran’s affairs, health care, criminal law and debate and passage of the Missouri Military Funeral Honors program (1998), the Nursing Home Reform Act (2003) and a resolution supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003).
In November 2005, Dolan was hired as Executive Director of the Missouri Health Care Association (MHCA), an affiliate of the American Health Care Association (AHCA) representing many of Missouri’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
In February 2014, Dolan became the President & CEO of the Health Care Association of New Jersey (HCANJ).
Over his tenure, the association increased its membership, improved the number of national quality awards received by its member facilities, enhanced its government affairs posture and also developed a strategy addressing New Jersey's transition to Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS), while also successfully advocating for multiple Medicaid reimbursement increases and reforming the Medicaid eligibility and certification process.