Missouri FBLA recently sent 44 of its members to the FBLA State Leadership Conference. This conference started on April 14 and lasted three days. Activities done at the conference included workshops, note taking, and professional networking opportunities with certain companies from the Fortune 500 for middle school, high school, and college students. About 5,000 people in total participated in this conference, and over 150 contests relating to business education were run during the event. The events covered topics such as marketing, accounting, website design, and mobile application development. Platte county won several awards at this event. 15 Platte County national qualifiers are going to the National Leadership Conference in Florida, which will take place from June 27 to July 3. The Edlin Team, the Partnership with a Business Project team’s business partner, was also nominated for the FBLA Business Person of the Year Award. Brandon Eldin was recognized for his contributions to FBLA at the opening session of the State Conference.
The results of the Conference are listed below.
Platte County FLBA Qualifiers:
- 15 National Qualifiers
- 10 State Champions (in four competitive events)
- Gold Seal of Merit Chapter Award
- “Gold” Chapter of the Year
- Champion Chapter
- State Service Project Chapter
- Outstanding Service to Local Chapter: Mason Salehi
National Qualifiers:
- State Champ / 1st Place: Computer Game Programming & Simulation – Jack Bralley, Jackson Edwards, Collin Wilson
- State Champ / 1st Place: Introduction to Social Media – Teagan Hill, Jaira Taulbee, Camila Zavala
- State Champ / 1st Place: Local Annual Chapter Report – Chloe Pegler, Karlee Riggs
- State Champ / 1st Place: Network Design – Logan Foster, Quinn Traas
- 3rd Place: Social Media Strategies – Addison Mayne, leah McKeefery, Madelyn Morris
- 4th Place: American Enterprise Project – Maggie Assel, Makayla Morris
- 4th Place: Future Business Educator – Makayla Morris
Other Results:
- 5th Place: Visual Design – Addison Mayne, Leah McKeefery, Madelyn Morris
- 5th Place: Website Coding & Development – Aiden Kent, Logan Foster, Quinn Traas
- 6th Place: Introduction to FBLA – Kelly Gabbert
- 7th Place: Community Service Project – Patrick McCool, Shan Senoga, Lane Webb
- 7th Place: Partnership with a Business Project – Jackson Edwards, Mason Salehi, Madelyn Stewart
- 10th Place: Mobile Application Development – Lilly Lockhart, Hailey Turner
- FINALS (Top 15): Business Ethics – CJ Elmore, Aiden Garcia, Zach Linville
- FINALS (Top 15): Management Information Systems – Josh Nelson, Gavin Nichols, Ethan Smith
- FINALS (TOP 15): Entrepreneurship – Daniel Bunge, Lydia Doole, Marissa Orellana
