James Dorsey

James Dorsey is the current President & CEO at COLLEGE SUCCESS FOUNDATION. Prior to this, they were the Executive Director, Washington State & President of MESA USA. In this role, they blended over thirty years of progressive senior and executive leadership roles within the MESA organization with a distinct expertise in STEM education, with an emphasis on access for underrepresented students. James also served as the Director of National Program Development & Associate Director of Marketing and Resource Development at University of California, Office of the President - MESA. In this role, they were responsible for developing and managing MESA's national programmatic efforts and outreach initiatives aimed at increasing MESA's visibility and impact across the country. Throughout their career, James has dedicated their time and efforts towards offering statewide and national leadership to campus-based program administrators and staff, particularly helping to “close the operational and cultural gap” between STEM related undergraduate (university and community college) and pre-college programs. Their leadership and vision has contributed towards several of MESA’s innovations and strategic partnerships; However, their most enduring metric of success is the countless thousands of professional MESA Alumni around the country.

James Dorsey is a certified Pacific Northwest Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute from the University of Washington Evans School of Public Affairs. James also has a degree in Geology/Earth Science, General from California State University, Chico.

Carol Garza - Program Director, CSF-Yakima, Maria Rebecchi - Director, Scholarships & Financial Aid Education, and Peter Lutovsky - Director, Development report to James Dorsey.