Ryan Dyck Elected International DECA President |
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| Ryan Dyck, former Colorado DECA 08-09 State Officer from Dakota Ridge HS, was elected to the office of International DECA President at the 2009 International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California, April 29-May 2. Ryan will represent over 200,000 DECA members worldwide, including the United States, Canada, Germany, Puerto Rico, Mexico and South Korea during the 2009-10 school year. Ryan is the second International DECA President to come from Colorado in DECA’s 62 year history. Kelly VanWoerkom served as the International President during the 2007-08 school year. |  |
ICDC Recap |
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Colorado DECA did extremely well in competition at the 2009 International Career Development Conference (ICDC). 367 Colorado DECA members were among the 12,000 competitors attending the conference. Colorado had 41 members make it into the international finals with 25 of them placing in the top ten; 13 of those were in the top three. Colorado’s 13 trophies tied Ontario, Canada, for the largest number of trophies received by any DECA state/providence association. Congratulations to all who attended the conference and to Ryan Dyck. |
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2009-2010 Colorado DECA State Officers
April 1, 2009: The full article from which the following was taken, in a WORD document.
Madelyn Osmun is your 2009-2010 State President, from Rampart High School; State Vice President, Jamie Kuehl, from Thompson Valley High School; Erika Wesselink, Pine Creek High School, this year’s Secretary; David Linkowski, Pueblo West, is this year’s Treasurer; and Kaelyn Purfurs of Northglenn High School, Publicity Director.
With the addition of a new DECA district there will now be 13 Regional Vice Presidents representing their DECA districts:
- District 1 – Kelley Robinson from Horizon High School
- District 2 – Alexia Hadjinicolaou from Smoky Hill High School
- District 3 – Jose Gutierrez from Brighton High School
- District 4 – Spenser McIntire from Warren Tech High School
- District 5 – Kaileen Madden from Chatfield High School
- District 6 – Lois Kaiser from Fossil Ridge High School
- District 7 – Zach Baxter from Northridge High School
- District 8 – Jacob Dennis Clapp from Fountain-Fort Carson High School
- District 9 – Antonia Lira from Lamar High School
- District 10 – Jasmine Flores from WCCC
- District 11 – Brennan Boehne from Mountain Vista High School
- District 12 – Jeremy Fabatz from Liberty High School
- District 13 – Khalid Alshami from Overland High School