Four Ray-Pec High School students, Kiersten Tillotson, Lily Waite, Keith Chastain, and Nathan Boehning, attended the Future Business Leaders of America - Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference June 29-July 2 in San Antonio, Texas.
Competing in FBLA-PBL’s national awards program, they vied for top honors in Free Enterprise, Hospitality Management, Leadership, and Network Design, against students from across the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Guam, the Cayman Islands, and the Department of Defense schools worldwide.
Kiersten Tillotson won first place in the Leadership Open Event, and the team of Keith Chastain and Nathan Boehning earned sixth placed in Network Design.
The competition is part of a competitive events program sponsored annually by FBLA-PBL, a professional association for students pursuing business careers. Individuals, local chapters, and state teams compete in more than 50 events representing a range of business, career, and leadership development activities. The winners of these awards are selected and have won regional and state competitions to qualify for the national awards program.
The 8,300 delegates to the 60th annual conference elected national student officers and attended business and leadership workshops in addition to competing in business and career skill events. Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda is a nonprofit organization that prepares students for careers in business and business education.
Business Teacher Janet Allen is the FBLA sponsor at Ray-Pec High School.