Press Release: Maryland Students Recognized With Top Honors At FBLA National Leadership Conference
For Immediate Release Contact: William Reinhard, 410-767-0486
Baltimore, MD (July 15, 2014)
Maryland’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) delegation brought home 12 medals and an additional seven (7) other top recognitions from the recent National Leadership Conference and Competition in Nashville, TN, June 29- July 2, 2014.
More than 225 students and advisors from Maryland attended the National Leadership Conference. The conference brought together more than 10,000 students and advisers from throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Department of Defense Dependent Schools Europe, China, and Haiti. The attendees participated in leadership workshops, campaign rallies, regional meetings, and competitive events. The following Maryland students received the below national ranking at the FBLA Awards of Excellence Program on July 2.
Student Name(s) |
Event |
Place |
School |
City/County |
Cristin Arrup |
Pilot Event – |
2nd |
Loch Raven |
Baltimore, MD |
Thorne Lindsey |
Economics |
2nd |
Allegany |
Cumberland, MD |
Andrew Liu |
Insurance & Risk |
2nd |
Marriotts Ridge |
Marriottsville, MD |
Handa Chun |
Cyber Security |
3rd |
Mount Hebron |
Ellicott City, MD |
Matthew Miklosovich |
Health Care |
3rd |
Eastern Technical |
Essex, MD |
Anita Amin |
Health Care |
5th |
River Hill |
Clarksville, MD |
Aidan Shilling |
Help Desk |
5th |
Center for Career |
Cumberland, MD |
Anant Mishra |
Economics |
7th |
Centennial |
Ellicott City, MD |
Amy Christianson, Gretchen |
Community Service |
9th |
Northern |
Owings, MD |
Michelle Njau and CeCe Ukejinya |
Marketing |
9th |
Dulaney |
Timonium, MD |
Anna Maloney and Anthony |
Personal Finance |
9th |
Huntingtown |
Huntingtown, MD |
Nathan Yuchi |
Computer Applications |
10th |
River Hill |
Clarksville, MD |
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) education association. Its mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs. The association is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC. Within Maryland, more than 2,700 students participate in 80 high school chapters across the state.
For more information about Career Technology Education and FBLA, please contact Diana Hegmann, State Director, Maryland State Department of Education at 410-767-0536. You can also visit the official FBLA Maryland website at www.mdfbla.org.
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