Diamond Bar FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) members attended the State Leadership Conference (SLC) from Thursday, April 19 – Saturday, April 21, at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, CA. SLC hosted over 2000 members from all over California, it was the largest State Conference California has ever hosted.
The opening and closing ceremonies was co-hosted by Diamond Bar’s very own senior Lavanya Jawaharlal, the CA State Executive Vice President. Arthur Teng, the Gold Coast Vice President of Membership helped lead the Gold Coast Section Meeting with Lavanya.
Junior Sara Pak and freshman Gregory Gunadi were inducted as officers for the 2012-2013 Section Officer Team. Sara will serve as Vice President of Activities and Gregory will serve as Secretary-Treasurer.
Adviser, Ty Watkins, received the Director’s Choice Award and Adviser Award, it is his 6th year as a FBLA adviser.
Overall, Diamond did very well among the intense competition. 32 members attended the conference. Below is a list of the students that placed top ten in their event.
| Name Erica Chae | Place 7th | Event Business Presentation | |
| Lavanya Jawaharlal Claudia Lee | 7th 4th | Public Speaking II Help Desk |
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| Sabrina Liang | 9th | Public Speaking I |
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| Sara Pak | 3rd | Business Calculations (qualifies nationals) |
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| Amit Sulakhe | 7th | Business Presentation |
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| Wilson Wu | 7th | Business Presentation |
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| Daniel Yang | 4th | Intro. To Parliamentary Procedures (qualifies nationals) |
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PICTURES:
(1) DBHS FBLA at the State Conference
(2) Adviser, Ty Watkins and President, Lavanya Jawaharlal
(3) Adviser, Ty Watkins with the newly inducted Section Officers, Sara Pak and Gregory Gunadi
(4) DBHS FBLA Members