If you are currently taking a business/computer class or will be taking one this year or have completed two business classes in the past then you have an opportunity to join Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), the largest business career student organization in the world. FBLA helps prepare students for careers in business and business-related fields. Throughout the year students can participate in a broad range of activities that are engaging and fun. FBLA members also participate in many drives throughout the year as a part of our commitment to our community.

To prepare students for the business world FBLA hosts numerous competitions and leadership conferences for our members.

In the Fall our FBLA region hosts a leadership summit for students to learn about leadership skills and professionalism.

In the Winter students compete at the Regional Leadership Conference. Some of the events at the Regional Leadership Conference are: business calculations, business communications, business methods, business procedures, computer applications, job interview and public speaking. This event is a one day event.

In the Spring students can compete at the State Leadership Conference held in Greensboro for three days. Some of the events at this conference are: banking and financial systems, business computing technology, business law, business plan, business presentation, computer game and simulation design, desktop publishing, digital video production, e-business, economics, entrepreneurship, impromptu speaking, parliamentary procedure, marketing, networking concepts, and website development to name a few.

If students win at the State Leadership Conference they can then attend our National Competition. In the past few years we have taken students to Atlanta, Nashville, Orlando, Chicago and San Antonio to compete.

At each of these conferences members have the opportunity to not only compete but attend workshops and seminars to foster the development of business, leadership, and character traits.

If you have any questions about FBLA feel free to contact a business teacher. If you are interested in joining FBLA, membership dues are $25.00. Dues must be turned in to a business teacher by September 15th for the Fall Deadline and January 15th for the Spring Deadline. We are looking forward to another successful year with our FBLA members. Students must complete this link to join:  tinyurl.com/dhcfbla

FBLA WINNERS

D. H. Conley High School is fortunate to have several winners at the state level of competition at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference held in Greensboro each year.

Students who competed at the National Competition held in the summer is denoted by a *.  

State Competition 2018 (Nationals held in Baltmore, MD)

D.H. Conley High School had 101 finalists. D. H. Conley received the most winners out of any high school chapter in the state of North Carolina! D. H. Conley’s chapter was also recognized with the three highest chapter awards. They received the Helen Ragan Chapter of the Year Award, Gold Seal Chapter Award and Lexi Tamvakis, William Finelli and Annsley Bowen earned first place in the Joyce M. Keller Local Chapter Annual Business Report competition.

 First Place winners:
 Daniel Martinez, Jack Hanley, and Jeryn Lambries – Computer Game and Simulation Programming
 Cameron Callahan – Database Design and Applications
 Charles Carraway and Nathaniel Carels – E-business
 Jordan Anderson – Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure
 Cameron Smith, Casey Vickery, and Mary Horton – Management Information Systems
 Campbell Bratton and Heather Snead – Publication Design
 Madison Rose and Brooke Sullivan – Life Smarts
 Campbell Bratton and William Finelli – Life Smarts.

 Second Place winners:
 Emma Cole – Business Financial Plan
 Ethan Patel – Computer Problem Solving
 Austin Bland, Liam Dao, and Hannah Martin – Emerging Business Issues
 Jonathan Hurst, Matthew Lower, and Laura Mallinson – Graphic Design
 Alexis DeSoto, Sharon Ramirez, and Anna West – Hospitality Management
 Myana Mabry – Job Interview
 Nikita Liu and Alisia Tseng – Management Decision Marketing
 Lawrence Navarro – Networking Concepts
 Allison Gallagher, Kenzie Gill, and Elizabeth Martin – Website Design.

 Third Place winners:
 Annsley Bowen and Alexandra Tamvakis – Business Ethics
 RaMya Mabry – Business Plan
 Thomas Jones – Coding and Programming
 Carlos Ochoa and Brayan Perez – E-business
 Joshua Laney, Devon Lien, and Kevin Smith – Global Business
 Angela Anderson – Health Care Administration
 Camryn Maloney, Lydia Sowers, and Melissa Tennant – Social Media Campaign.

 Fourth Place winners:
 Kaila Locklear – Database Design and Applications
 William Dunn and Randy Farrow – Entrepreneurship
 Sarah McGee – Introduction to Business Communication
 Breanna Sullivan – Introduction to FBLA
 Adam Eldib, William Finelli, and Bradley Slier – Network Design
 Jorge Carrillo, Zane Jernigan, and Gabriel Ochoa – Sports and Entertainment Management.

 Top 10 Finalists:
 Holly Avery – Accounting II
 Alexis Schroeder – Accounting II
 Allison Parker – Agribusiness
 Kennedy Sparks, Spencer Tingen, and William Whitehurst – Banking and Financial Systems
 Kassidy Blount – Business Calculations
 Weston Everett – Business Calculations
 Reed Chandler – Business Law
 Faithful-Joy Cotton – Business Plan
 Jackie Liu – Computer Applications
 Eric Atkinson – Computer Problem Solving
 Andrew Dearing and Laura Madson – Digital Video Production
 Aidan Hvastkovs and Reagan Truell – Digital Video Production
 Jonathan Jones – Help Desk
 Shane Tillett – Impromptu Speaking
 Josh Bowen – Introduction to Business
 Sean Nelson and Connor Whitehurst – Introduction to Business Presentation
 William Harrell – Introduction to Business Procedures
 Gauri Patel – Introduction to FBLA
 Megan Harmon – Introduction to Financial Math
 Neeraj Mehra – Introduction to Information Technology
 Isaac Saucedo – Introduction to Information Technology
 Alisha Anderson – Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure
 Natalie Martin - Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure
 Abigail Burns – Journalism
 Alannah Thomas – Journalism
 Mark Alloway – Networking Concepts
 Maggie Haas and Ashley Hinson – Public Service Announcement
 Andrew Miller, Eli Orians, and Jackson Taylor - Public Service Announcement
 Carmen Smith - Public Service Announcement
 Mary Beth Cole – Public Speaking
 Morgan Despres – Securities and Investment
 Madison Rupp – Securities and Investment
 Morgan Tingen – Securities and Investment
 Brayan Perez and Lindsey Garris – Spirit T-shirt
 John Anderson – Spreadsheet Applications
 Seth Laney – Spreadsheet Applications
 Jenna Lee – Spreadsheet Applications
 Madison Rose and Brooke Sullivan – Website Design
 Jack Hanley - Microsoft Office Recognition Test
 Matt Lower and Madison Rose - Multimedia Webpage Design Recognition Test
 Brayan Perez - Personal Finance Recognition Test.

State Competition 2017 (Nationals held in Anaheim, CA)

D.H. Conley High School competed in the FBLA State Conference in March 2016 and placed with 83 finalists. D. H. Conley received the most winners out of any high school chapter in the state of North Carolina! D. H. Conley’s chapter was also recognized with the two highest chapter awards. They received the Helen Ragan Chapter of the Year Award and earned first place in the Joyce M. Keller Local Chapter Annual Business Report competition.
 
First Place winners: 
*Jason Pilkington - Computer Applications
*Daniel Clements, *Evan Crowder, and *Parker Ledbetter - E-business
Kennedy Davis and *Alexandra Tamvakis - Graphic Design
*Alexandra Lenker - Introduction to Business Procedures
Nolan Paramore - Job Interview
*Laura Mallinson and *Madison Rose - Publication Design
*Daniel Cooke - Spreadsheet Applications
William Finelli, Lexi Tamvakis and Liam Dao – Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit
*William Finelli and *Liam Dao - Life Smarts Competition.
 
Second Place winners: 
Jaxon Wiley and Lucas Wiley - Business Financial Plan
*Lawrence Navarro - FBLA Principles and Procedures
Jarod Ruffing - Health Care Administration
Leith Abulabda, Storm Davis and Elliot Yates - Mobile Applications Development
*Timothy Bullock - Organizational Leadership
*Allison Gallagher and Maggie Haas - Public Service Announcement.
 
Third Place winners: 
*Annsley Bowen and Heather Snead - Business Plan
*Matthew Lower - Computer Problem Solving
Liam Dao - Database Design & Applications
*Bryan Ochoa - Health Care Administration
*William Dunn and *Randy Farrow - Hospitality Management
*Jodie Lee, *Anna Nelson and *Logan Rocco - Public Service Announcement
Lang Duong - Word Processing.
 
Fourth Place winners:
Jennifer Nguyen, Quinton Ross and *Matthew Weaver - Computer Game & Simulation Programming
Nicolas Brown, Haroon Dar and *Anna Letchworth - Digital Video Production
Conner Christian - Future Business Leader
William Tucker - Insurance and Risk Management
*Heather Hurst, Abigail Hawley and Shinjini Misra - Public Service Announcement
*Jonathan Hurst - Spreadsheet Applications
Camryn Maloney and *Elizabeth Martin - Website Development.
 
Top 10 Finalists:
Reed Crowder – Agribusiness
Kassidy Blount and Maggie Williams - Banking and Financial Systems
Philip Jackson - Business Law
Holly Avery - Computer Applications
Tyler Justice and Bradley Slier - Computer Game & Simulation Programming
Daniel Martinez - Cyber Security
Christopher Rushing - Cyber Security
Grant Donley, Luqman Muhammad and CJ Woolard - Emerging Business Issues
Jackie Liu and Alexander Pesci – Entrepreneurship
Mary Beth Cole, William Finelli, Logan Goodson and Isaiah Gorham - Graphic Design
Nathaniel Moran - Impromptu Speaking
Weston Everett - Introduction to Business
Liam Collier - Introduction to Business Communications
Cameron Callahan and Shane Tillett - Introduction to Business Presentation
Andrew Miller - Introduction to Business Procedures
*Eric Atkinson and Eli Orians - Introduction to Information Technology
John Anderson - Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure
Kaila Locklear - Organizational Leadership
*Campbell Bratton - Personal Finance
Austin Bland, Christopher Sparks and William Whitehurst - Publication Design
Jeryn Lambries and Jason Pilkington   - Multimedia and Webpage Design Recognition Testing

 

State Competition 2016 (Nationals held in Atlanta, GA)

D. H Conley’s chapter of Future Business Leaders of America Club competed in the FBLA State Conference and placed with 59 finalists. D. H. Conley received the most winners out of any high school chapter in the state of North Carolina!
Kurt Garner their adviser was awarded with Adviser of the Year. D. H. Conley’s chapter was also recognized as the most outstanding chapter in North Carolina with the Helen Ragan Chapter of the Year Award.

First place winners:

Jaxon Wiley, Conner Christian, *Hudson Gise – Business Plan
*Jason Pilkington – Database Design and Applications
*Zac Robol, *Cole Tillett, and *Haden Sparks – Gold Seal Chapter
Lucas Wiley – Introduction to Business Communication
*Ethan Bautista – Mobile Application Development
*Spencer Honeycutt – Networking Concepts
*Alexandra Tamvakis, *Kennedy Davis and Haylee Dixon – Publication Design

Second place winners:

*Cole Tillett, *Zac Robol, *Haden Sparks – Business Financial Plan
*Anna Letchworth, *Anna Nelson, and *Jodie Lee – Digital Video Production
*Kassidy Blount – Introduction to Financial Math
Matt Lower – Introduction to Information Technology
*Parker Ledbetter, *Cayce House, and *Daniel Clements – Website Design.

Third place winners:

Daniel Martinez – Computer Applications
*Heather Hurst – Health Care Administration
*Annsley Bowen – Introduction to Business
Cole Tillett, Zac Robol, and Haden Sparks – Local Chapter Activities Report

Fourth place winners:

William Finelli – FBLA Principles and Procedures
Maggie Haas – Introduction to Business
*Tim Navarro – Introduction to Business Communication
*Jonathan Hurst – Introduction to Information Technology
Cole Jordan  – Networking Concepts
Tyler Horne, Carrie Fornes and Collin Wallace – Sports and Entertainment Marketing

Top 10 Finalists

Justin Bowen, Sophie Mallinson, Haroon Dar– Multimedia Webpage Design Recognition Testing
Jameson Bergstedt – Agribusiness
Phillip Jackson – Business Calculations
Rand Chandler – Business Law
Aaron Winstead – Computer Game Design
*Chris Rushing – Computer Problem Solving
Michael Bogenn – Cyber Security
John Wetherington – Database Design and Applications
Nolan Paramore – Future Business Leader
Eric Hardin, and Colin Smith – Global Business
Luke Brodeur – Insurance Risk Management
Cameron Callahan – Introduction to Business Procedures
Sophie Mallinson – – Introduction to Information Technology
Shane Tillett – Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure
Will Whitehurst – Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure
*Gabri Mannino and Rachel Lyons – Marketing
Logan Rocco  – Networking Concepts
Hannah Boykin, Jaein Yoon, Elizabeth Wilson – Public Service Announcement
Alex Wood – Public Speaking II
*Justin Bowen and Nathan Henson- Emerging Business Leaders
Jack Carlisle – Help Desk
Storm Davis, Victoria Salvesen, Isaiah Gorham – Graphic Design

State Competition 2015 (Nationals held in Chicago, IL) 

The business department is proud to report we had 55 finalist at the FBLA State Leadership Conference! DHC had more finalists than any other chapter in the state! Their adviser Kurt Garner was re-elected to serve three more years on the FBLA Executive Board.

First Place 

*Luke Pesci – Computer Problem Solving
*Kevin Wrought – Database Design and Applications
Cayce House – Desktop Application Programming
*Ethan Bautista, Zac Robol, and Haden Sparks – Mobile App Development
Tim Navarro – Introduction to Business Communication
Jason Pilkington – Spreadsheet Applications

Second Place 

*Jaxon Wiley, Conner Christian, Hudson Gise – Business Financial Plan
*Austin Hill, Chris Myers, Nate Evans – Business Plan
*Reid Neuhoff – Help Desk
Anna Letchworth – Introduction to Business Communication
Daniel Martinez – Introduction to Information Technology
*Justin Bowen – Personal Finance

Third Place 

Brent Hill – Agribusiness
Robert Horton, Eric Hardin, and Colin Smith – Banking and Financial Systems
Elle Lenker – Database Design and Applications
Hannah Vincent and Rachel Pogoda – e-business
Zackery Beasley – Networking Concepts
*Cole Tillett – Spreadsheet Applications
Scholarship Winners
Madeline Hilliard – Alsup Business Scholarship
Morgan Brown – James L. White Scholarship

Top 10 

Sean Navarro and Jason Pilkington – Microsoft Office Recognition Testing
Dasola Olanrewaju, Justin Bowen, Susanna Martinez , and Madeline Hilliard – Multimedia Webpage Design Recognition Testing
Anna Letchworth and Sayan Dutta – Social Medial Recognition Testing
Katie Mallinson – Business Calculations
Bailey Cooper – Business Procedures
Michael Finelli – Computer Applications
Charley Tanner, Ben Toriello – Computer Game Design
Dan Jacobo – Computer Problem Solving
Brittany Mozingo and Justin Coleman – Entrepreneurship
Timothy Bullock – FBLA Principles and Procedures
Dasola Olanrewaju, Madeline Hilliard, and Amrita Malur – Global Business
Amani Albrecht – Health Care Administration
Betsy Haas and Alexis Goodson – Hospitality Management
Aaron Foster -Impromptu Speaking
Abigail Hawley – Introduction to Business Communication
Logan Bagley – Public Speaking II

State Competition 2014 (Nationals held in Nashville, TN) 

First Place 

*Jordon Cox, Jaxon Wiley & Daniel Clements - Business Financial Plan
*Sawyer Umstead & Austin Hill - Business Plan
*Charley Tanner, Ethan Bautista, Jack Carlise - Computer Game Design
*Reid Neuhoff - Computer Problem Solving
*Amrita Malur, Cole Tillett & Dasola Olanrewaju - E-business

Second Place 

*Jett Barker - Business Procedures
Katie Mallinson & Brittany Mozingo - Digital Video Production
Morgan Brown, Brittany Allen, & John David Hodges - Marketing

Third Place 

Bailey Cooper, Zac Robol &Betsy Haas - Global Business
Brittany Cicmanec & Alexis Goodson - Sports and Entertainment Management
*Tanya Chu - Spreadsheet Applications
Maggie Kocsis & Austin Dunlow - Web Design

Top 10 

Daniel Clements - Multimedia Web Page Design
Tyler Vodicka & Tanya Chu - Office 2010
Luke Pesci - Business Calculations
Haden Sparks - Computer Applications
*Brent Hill - Cyber Security
Elle Lenker - FBLA Principles and Procedures
Omar Taha - Future Business Leader
Jason Pilkington - Introduction to Business Communication
Madeline Hilliard - Word Processing
Tyler Vodicka - Agribusiness
*Dechelle Davis - National Voting Delegate

State Competition 2013 

Erin Bautista – Second place in Business Plan Project and FBLA Spirit T-Shirt Design, and proficient in Office 2010
Tori Darden – Second place in Business Plan Project and FBLA Spirit T-Shirt Design, and proficient in Office 2010
Justin Tenpenny – Second place in Website Design
Chris Wagner – Second place in Website Design
Madeline Hilliard -Second place in Business Communication, Top 10 in Multimedia Webpage Design, and proficient in Personal Finance and Office 2010
Morgan Garriss -Second place in Computer Applications
Roy Hardee – Top 10 in Office 2010 and proficient in Multimedia and Webpage Design
Jefferson Cooper – Top 10 in Office 2010
Trevor Reed – Top 10 in Multimedia Webpage Design, and proficient in Office 2010 and Personal Finance
Reid Neuhoff – Top 10 in Multimedia Webpage Design, and proficient in Office 2010 and Personal Finance
Hannah Vincent – Top 10 in Word Processing II, and proficient in Office 2010 and Multimedia Webpage Design
Brittany Mozingo – Top 5 in Digital Video Production and finalist in FBLA Spirit Cheer
Kevin Wrought – finalist in FBLA Spirit Cheer
Kaya Lawrance – Top 10 in Business Procedures
Paolo De Urquidi – Top 10 in Future Business Leader and proficient in Multimedia and Webpage Design
Maggie Kocsis – Top 10 in FBLA Spirit Cheer, and proficient in Office 2010 and Multimedia Webpage Design
Dasalo Olanrewaju – Top 10 in Impromptu Speaking
Tristen Russell – Top 5 in Digital Video Production and proficient in Multimedia Web Page Design
Cole Tillett – proficient in Office 2010
Tyler Vodicka – proficient in Office 2010

State Competition 2012 (Nationals held in San Antonio, TX) 

*Chris Wagner – First Place in Desktop Applications
*Roy Hardee – First Place in Desktop Applications and Proficient in Microsoft Office 2010
*Tyler Vodicka – First Place in Computer Applications and Proficient in Microsoft Office 2010 and HTML Code
*Justin Tenpenny- Second Place in Desktop Application Programming
April Haulser & Claire Foster – Third Place in Business Plan Project
Tori Darden – Top 8 in Future Business Leader
Brett Bowman – Top 10 in Cyber Security and Proficient in Microsoft Office 2010
*Jefferson Cooper- Top 10 in Computer Troubleshooting and Proficient in Microsoft Office 2010
Austin Hill – Proficient in Microsoft Office 2010
Erin Bautista – Proficient in Microsoft Office 2010

State Competition 2011 (Nationals held in Orlando, FL) 

*Kevin Cooper – First place – Entrepreneurship and Top 10 – Computer Troubleshooting
*Claire Foster – First place – Entrepreneurship
*Cameron Biddlecome – First place – Entrepreneurship
*Caitlin Seyfried – First Place – Computer Applications
*Eva Cooper – Second Place – Business Plan Project
*Caleb Card – Second Place – Technology Concepts and Top 10 – Computer Troubleshooting
*Cameron Card – Third Place – Networking Concepts and Top 10 – Computer Troubleshooting
*April Haulser – Top 10 Business Communication

State Competition 2010 (Nationals held in Nashville, TN)

*Kevin Cooper – First place – Desktop Application Programming
Cameron Card – Fourth Place – Technology Concepts
April Haulser and Claire Foster – Top 5 – Business Presentation
Miles Wobbleton – Top 10 – Public Speaking 2
Eva Cooper – Top 10 – Impromptu Speaking
Caitlin Seyfried – Top 10 – Word Processing 2
Caleb Card – Top 10 – Networking Concepts  and Top 10 – Computer Troubleshooting

State Competition 2009 (Nationals held in Anaheim, CA)

Kevin Cooper – 5th place Banking and Financials Systems
Zach Williford – 5th place Banking and Financials Systems
Robbie Lynch – 2nd place Business Presentation
Charles Myers – 2nd Place Business Presentation
Claire Foster – 3rd place FBLA Principles and Procedures
April Hausler – 3rd place Word Processing II
Mario Tune – 4th place Marketing

State Competition 2008 (Nationals held in Atlanta, GA)

*Matt Veneski, Robbie Lynch & Charles Myers – First place – Entrepreneurship
Alex Chappell – Top 10 – Networking
Alex Walker – Top 10 – Business Procedures
Richard Burke – Top 10 – -Economics
Jonathan Braxton – Top 10 – Marketing
Mark Carney, Chad Anderson, and Steven Campbell – Top 10 – Global Business Team

DH CONLEY STUDENTS PLACE IN NATIONAL COMPETITION 2017

Congratulations to Evan Crowder, Daniel Clements, and Parker Ledbetter who placed 4th in E-Business at the FBLA National Competition in Anaheim, CA. They were 3 of only 10 students from North Carolina to place out of the nearly 12,000 students competing nationwide. The following students placed in the top 15 in the nation in their respective events: Heather Hurst and Allison Gallagher in Public Service Announcement and Liam Dao and William Finelli in Life Smarts. 

DH CONLEY STUDENTS PLACE IN NATIONAL COMPETITION 2016

Congratulations to Jason Pilkington who placed 4th in Database Design Applications and Cayce House, Daniel Clements, and Parker Ledetter who placed 3rd in Website Design at the FBLA National Competition in Atlanta, GA. They were 4 of only 15 students from North Carolina to place out of the nearly 12,000 students competing nationwide.

DH CONLEY STUDENT PLACES 8th IN NATIONAL COMPETITION 2015

Congratulations to Cole Tillett who placed 3rd at the FBLA National Competition in Chicago, Illinois for his event of Spreadsheet Applications. He was one of only 12 students from North Carolina to place out of the nearly 11,000 students competing nationwide. 

DH CONLEY STUDENT PLACES 3rd IN NATIONAL COMPETITION 2014

Congratulations to Tanya Chu who placed 3rd at the FBLA National Competition in Nashville, Tennessee for her event of Spreadsheet Applications. She was one of only 12 students from North Carolina to place out of the nearly 7,100 students competing nationwide. 

DH CONLEY STUDENT PLACES 9th IN NATIONAL COMPETITION 2010

Congratulations to Kevin Cooper who placed 9th at the FBLA National Competition in Nashville Tennessee for his event of Desktop Application Programming. He was one of only 8 students from North Carolina to place out of the nearly 7,000 students competing nationwide.