Menlo News March 05, 2014

They’ll Run the Company Some Day

Menlo’s Future Business Leaders of America team advances to State!

The FBLA regional conference, which includes competition in several topics, hosts 28 schools and more than 900 attendees, and the relatively new Menlo team is rapidly making a name for itself.

Each student picked an area of study and took tests in their disciplines. Team officers Kate Park’14, Amelia Blackburn ’14, Alex Bambos ’14, Katie Keller ’15, Marcus Kuhlmann ’16 and Melissa Tran ’16 took charge of training and teaching their classmates to prepare for the competition.

The entrepreneurship team of Daniel Chan’15, Katie Keller ’15 and Tiffany Zhong ’15 placed fifth and will advance to State. Tristan Tom ’15 also advances, with a fifth place finish in Economics.

Other achievements include:
Tara Saha ’14, eighth place and Honorable Mention in Impromptu Speaking
Jessi Rong ’16, ninth place in Intro to Business Communications
George Tamer ’16, sixth place in Public Speaking
Meera Kumar ’14, Kelsey Better’14 and Alice Shaw ’15, eighth place in Sports Management