Congratulations to Ryan Hamilton, Claudia Galvan, Trevor Young, and Sam Bhat for an excellent showing from FBLA Arizona! The state delegation took home 207% more awards than in 2012!

Arizona Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) have strong showing at National Leadership Conference!

On June 25, 2013 over 230 Arizona high school students and business teachers attended the 2013 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, CA. In order to qualify for this conference, students competed in over 50 different business related events at the state level and the top winners were chosen to represent Arizona at the National Conference. With more than 10,000 FBLA members, advisers, and volunteers from across the country in attendance, the Arizona delegation had a strong showing, bringing home 27 national awards and 10 performance event finalists. Below is a list of FBLA Arizona National Award Winners:

• 1st Place in Business Procedures – Mittal Patel from Barry Goldwater HS
• 1st Place in Virtual Business Challenge – Andres Partida from Metro Tech HS
• 2nd Place in Business Procedures – Vinay Pankaj from Ironwood HS
• 2nd Place in Business Ethics – Sam Bhat, Jaime Mares, & Nic Asencio from Estrella Foothills HS
• 2nd Place in Marketing – Tanner Bennets, Lauren Easley from Boulder Creek HS, & Kenny Cunningham from Vail HS
• 2nd Place in Western Region – Most New or Reactivated Chapter – FBLA Arizona
• 2nd Place in Western Region – Largest Increase in State Membership – FBLA Arizona
• 3rd Place in Future Business Leader – Kaycie Quinonez from Safford HS
• 4th Place in Community Service Project – Katie Bryan and Mollie Wiegand from Benson HS
• 4th Place in Word Processing 2 – Alexander Lewis from Sunnyside HS
• 5th Place in Introduction to Business Communications – Matthew Marquez from Ironwood HS
• 5th Place in Job Interview – Lacy Hunt from Buckeye Union HS
• 5th Place in Network Design – John Evans, Trenton Hodges, and Jacob Enlow from Payson HS
• 5th Place in Virtual Business Challenge – Edgar Robles, Kevin Parra, and Crystal Loza from Metro Tech HS
• 6th Place in Entrepreneurship – Dominick Ferroni and Josh Smith from Centennial HS
• 7th Place in Introduction to Business Communications – Tyler Wilson from Ironwood HS
• 7th Place in Public Speaking 1 – Kaila Cross from San Tan Foothills HS
• 8th Place in Business Plan – Micheal Barger and Andrew Mullen from Vail Academy and HS
• 10th Place in Community Service Project – Michael Barger, Victoria Kirlin and Zaynab Khatoun from Vail Academy and HS
• Who’s Who award – Kaycie Quinonez from Safford HS
• America Level Winner – Lauren McCoy – Buckeye Union HS
• America Level Winner – Connor Moore – Estrella Foothills HS
• America Level Winner – Jaime Mares – Estrella Foothills HS
• America Level Winner – Ryan Uretsky – Estrella Foothills HS
• America Level Winner – Alec Trentler – Estrella Foothills HS
• America Level Winner – Joey Garcia – Nogales HS
• America Level Winner – Kaycie Quinonez – Safford HS

FBLA is a dynamic organization of young people who are actively interested in pursuing careers in business. Housed and funded in-part by Career and Technical Education Division in the Arizona Department of Education, John Huppenthal – State Superintendent of Public Instruction, FBLA is an integral part of Business and IT programs in Arizona. With over 225,000 members nationwide, FBLA is the premier student business organization in the entire world. Along with scholarship, community service and civic service opportunities, FBLA provides recognition and leadership activities directly related to attainment of specific occupational and leadership skills.