On March 6^th, the Lambert FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) ventured to the Georgia FBLA State Leadership Conference in Athens, Georgia. Georgia FBLA is the premier organization for Georgia’s student leaders interested in business careers and is over 25,000 members strong.

The conference brought high school FBLA chapters together to compete in their competitive events programs and to attend workshops to enhance their understanding and skills for the facets of leadership and business. It lasted from Sunday March 6^th, to Tuesday March 8^th.

At the conference, the Lambert FBLA was awarded Largest Local Chapter ever in the history of Georgia FBLA. They also received a superior rating (Gold Chapter), and placed 10^th for Chapter of the Year.

Member Royce Dickerson presented his campaign, “Roll With Royce”, and it was so well received over the weekend, he was named the new Georgia FBLA State President for the 2016-2017 school year. Royce will be taking on this new executive role and represents Lambert High School, Forsyth County, and Georgia FBLA at state and national levels.

Another member, D J Barber, was named a Region Officer for Georgia FBLA Region 11 for the ’16-17 school year.

Lambert FBLA earned a total of 33 medals in various events at the state level.  These names italicized are the students who will represent Lambert and Georgia FBLA at the next level: The National FBLA Leadership Conference in Atlanta, which will take place in June.

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1^st Place in Banking and Financial Systems

Shayan Merchant

Kahan Parekh 

1^st Place in Hospitality Management

Lauren Mattingly

Mackenzie Morriessey

1^st Place in Intro to Information Technology

Hunter Lee

2^nd Place in Accounting II

Molly Williams

2^nd Place in Management Information Systems

Sai Kilaru

Sayui Shaiith

3^rd Place in Emerging Business Issues

Tina Qin

Cameron Reeves

3^rd Place in Insurance and Risk Management

Jordan Baker

4^th Place in Accounting II

Morgan Mauk

4^th Place in Agribusiness

Maggie Baxter

5^th Place in Business Financial Plan

Mehul Kumar

Gaurav Shah

5^th Place in Entrepreneurship

Amitesh Chandra

Austin Ray

Mahima Siripurapu

5^th Place in Management Decision Making

Jordan Baker (individual – super team)

Jung Choi

Royce Dickerson (individual – super team)

7^th Place in Business Calculations

Hari Pingali

7^th Place in Global Business (super team)

Hari Pingali

7^th Place in Management Decision Making (super team)

Ishaan Bhasin

8^th Place in Banking and Financial Systems

Lucca Nader

Brandon Thurmond

8^th Place in Social Media Campaign

Alena Locurcio

Colin Masterson

9^th Place in Business Law

D J Barber

9^th Place in Cyber Security

Pranay Prathipati

9^th Place in Public Speaking II

Siyu Gao

10^th Place in Hospitality Management

D J Barber

Tyler Radtke