Tim Lawlor joined Washburn McGoldrick as a Senior Consultant in 2017 and assumed the role as Of Counsel in 2025.

Tim works with Washburn McGoldrick clients by providing campaign counsel, directing feasibility and sounding studies, program assessments, and offering major gift officer coaching and training. Tim has worked with a variety of independent school and higher education institutions including Fairfield College Preparatory School, Notre Dame Academy, Mercersburg Academy, Kingswood Oxford School, LeMoyne College, Providence College, Mount Holyoke College, Wheaton College and Stonehill College.

Tim began his advancement career at his alma mater, Stonehill College, in 1985 as Director of the Annual Fund. Tim rose to serve the College as Director of Development during the institution’s first-ever capital campaign and then as Assistant Vice President for Advancement and Campaign Director for Stonehill’s Attaining the Summit campaign which secured a record-setting $59.5M for capital projects and endowment.

In 2012, Tim joined the independent school sector as the Chief Development Officer at Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart where he built a development team and led a successful $10M campaign for the construction of a new wellness center. In 2014, Tim was named Vice President at Ursuline Academy where he oversaw advancement initiatives that, for the first time, eclipsed $1M in annual support and secured over $9M for a new athletic & convocation center while also serving as a senior advisor to the President on matters of finance, enrollment, personnel, and community relations.

Tim has served on the CASE District I Board of Directors, two years as District Chair, and on the CASE Commission of Philanthropy. In 2016, Tim was recognized by his peers in District I with the Carol and Stephen Hebert Award for outstanding contributions to CASE District I. Tim has also served on the Board of Trustees of Ursuline Academy, the Board of Directors of the Dedham Community Association, and the Parent’s Executive Committee at Colby College.

Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Stonehill College and a master’s degree in education from the University of Hartford.