Meet the Satellite Sisters

Lian, Liz and Julie are the 3 hosts of Satellite Sisters.

Lian Dolan

Lian Dolan is a writer, producer and podcaster.  In addition to hosting and producing Satellite Sisters, Lian the author of four novels: Lost and Found in Paris was published by William Morrow/Harper Collins in April 2022 and three best-selling novels, Helen of Pasadena, Elizabeth the First Wife, and The Sweeney Sisters.  She has written regularly for Working Mother Magazine,  O, The Oprah Magazine and Pasadena Magazine.  She graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California with a degree in Classics. She lives in Pasadena with her husband, two grown sons and one big German shepherd.

Learn more: LianDolan.com

Lian Dolan

Liz Dolan

Liz Dolan has been Chief Marketing Officer for everyone from Nike and Oprah to Fox Sports and National Geographic.  Her company Mixed Zone Media works in sports marketing. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the World Athletics Championships Oregon’22, coming to the US for the first time ever.  Liz has made a lot of lists:  100 Most Powerful People in Sports, 100 Most Powerful Women in Cable, Marketer of the Year.  She might also be the Satellite Sister Least Likely To Host Thanksgiving Dinner.  She lives in Santa Monica, California and is a graduate of Brown University with a degree in Comparative Literature.  She is currently enrolled in obedience school with her dog Hooper.

Liz Dolan

Julie Dolan

Julie Dolan is the Satellite Sisters foreign correspondent, having lived and worked in Bangkok and Moscow.  Julie and her husband now live in Dallas, Texas but she continues to travel extensively including “girlfriend trips” to North Korea, Uzbekistan and Northern Iraq.  Previously, she worked at a number of top universities including UCLA, Stanford, Tulane and Penn State.  Julie’s alter ego is Urban Nana because she is willing to temporarily relocate to Brooklyn in January to help take care of a grandchild.  As Urban Nana she has regular assignments helping her two grown sons, two wonderful daughters-in-law and five grandchildren.

Julie Dolan