James Dorrance

James Dorrance is the Director of Power Resources at Ava Community Energy, where he oversees contracts and settlements. His career shows a progression within the company, moving up from an associate role. His background includes engineering positions at Saildrone Inc and Sandia National Laboratories, supported by a Bachelor of Science from Humboldt State University.

James appears to have a strong interest in marine science and technology. This is evidenced by his past engineering role at ocean drone company Saildrone, a stated interest in the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and his academic work in the field during his time at university.

While at Humboldt State University, he was a co-author on a paper studying the Humboldt Bay effluent plume, published in 2002.