Twenty-five Gallatin FBLA members traveled to Baltimore, MD, for the FBLA-PBL National Leadership Conference (NLC) June 26-July 2. The NLC is the pinnacle of the year, with over 15,000 attendees and 140 competitive events. Attending students had to qualify after competing at the State Leadership Conference in Springfield in April.
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Student competitive events have topics ranging from accounting to marketing, website development to personal finance. All competitive events are aligned to the standards taught in Missouri classrooms, allowing for an intra-curricular experience to showcase skills taught.
Hayley Michael, a 2018 senior at Gallatin High School, received national recognition at the FBLA Awards of Excellence Program on July 1. Michael competed in Future Business Leader and brought home fifth place and a $100 cash prize. Hayley’s event consisted of a preliminary and final round.
For the preliminary round, Hayley had to submit a resume and cover letter to the president and CEO of FBLA stating why she was deserving of the honor of Future Business Leader; take a 100-question test over the history and bylaws of the FBLA Organization and business knowledge ranging from accounting to law; and participate in a 10-minute interview. From over 150 preliminary participants, the field was narrowed to 15 national finalists which concluded the competition with a 15-minute interview with a panel of judges.
Barb Holcomb, Gallatin’s chapter adviser, stated, “In all of the national qualifiers our chapter has had, Hayley Michael is the first Gallatin FBLA member to ever qualify for nationals in Future Business Leader. This achievement and honor not only showcased Hayley’s success and dedication to FBLA during high school, it was the perfect way for Hayley to end her FBLA career.”
Hayley Michael served as the 2018 Gallatin FBLA Chapter President, 2018 District I FBLA President, and was a two-time Missouri FBLA State Officer.
Briar Roll and Megan Cox also experienced success at nationals as part of Missouri FBLA’s Parliamentary Procedures Team. The team consisted of four of the best parliamentary minds from across the state. Briar led the team, serving as chairman.
With over 120 teams across the nation competing, Missouri FBLA’s Parliamentary Procedure team was one of only 15 teams to advance to the final performance round based on their success on the 100-question written knowledge test of parliamentary law. Unfortunately, they did not make the top 10; however, making finals on the national level is an honor. Briar and Megan were both national finalists in parliamentary procedures in 2017 and 2018.
Gallatin FBLA members also competing in Baltimore were as follows: Zoe Bradford and Karley Salmon in graphic design; Cora Stout and Courtney Shubert in publication design; Addi Stanley, Riley Holmes, and Kelsey Maxwell in business financial plan; Essie Williamson and Maelea Coulson in business plan; Jerilynn Hoover and Kelsey Maxwell in local chapter annual business report; Hayley Michael, Briar Roll, and Cora Stout in community service project; Jenna Rains, Sarah Morrison, and Johnny Stout in introduction to business presentation; Patrick McNickle, John Gibson, and Jacob Wilson in management information systems; Madalyn Shubert in introduction to parliamentary procedures; Annie Nelson, Alli Baker, and Johnna Tadlock in American enterprise system, and Tristan Hamilton in word processing. Maddison Michael, Karley Salmon, and Zoe Bradford served as local chapter voting delegates.
While at the conference, Hayley Michael was also recognized for being selected as Who’s Who in Missouri FBLA and for earning the highest award given to FBLA members, the America Award.
Outside of the conference, chapter members were able to take in many sites in the Baltimore/DC area. The trip began with a day in Washington, DC, where chapter members visited the Capitol Building,