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Earlier this month, 59 Â鶹¹ÙÍø students headed down to Orlando, Florida to take part in the 2019 DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC). There were 27 students from the Providence Campus, 24 from the Denver Campus and eight from the North Miami Campus. The conference included 50+ competition categories, professional workshops and the elections of national officers. Two Â鶹¹ÙÍø students from the Providence Campus, Drew Duboff ’19 and Max May ’21, were both elected as national officers.

Â鶹¹ÙÍø had an amazing showing, with students from all three campuses placing in a variety of events and finishing as top 10 finalists.

1st Place Finishers:

• Drew DuBoff ’19 (PVD) — Entrepreneurship (Growing Your Business)
• Richard DuBois ’20 (DEN) — Stock Market Segment II
• Alyssa Lawrence ’21 (DEN) — Entrepreneurship (Starting Your Business)
• Young (Leo) Herrera ’19 (MIA) — Fashion Merchandising & Marketing 

2nd Place Finishers:

• Brandon Perrine ’20 (DEN) — Hotel & Lodging
• Sara Goldsobel ’22, Molly Leibbrandt ’22 and Janelle Henderson ’22 (DEN) — Culinary Management Institute
• William Healy ’21 (MIA) — Restaurant Food & Service Management

3rd Place Finishers:

• Emily Condit ’22, Rosa Mendoza ’22 and Rachael Litwiller ’21 (DEN) — Culinary Management Institute

Additional Top 10 finalists:

• Brooks Kenney ’21, Sarah VanDeMark ’22 and Bailey Doggett ’19 (PVD) — Advertising Campaign
• Devon Truelove ’22, Jared Flanagan ’19 and Sara Kephart ’20 (PVD) — Culinary Management Institute
• Jacob Ostrovitz ’19 and Daniel Genevick ‘19 (PVD) — International Marketing
• Jessica Huynh ’19 and Madison Harmon ’20 (PVD) — International Marketing
• Ghayl Ferraer ’19 and Melodie Moyer ’21 (DEN) — Advertising Campaign
• Vincent Armada ’21, Diego Garcia ’22 and Lauren Perez ’22 (DEN) — Culinary Management Institute

Other notable performances:

• Cassandra Ponce ’22 (PVD) made it to the overall finals in her event (Marketing Management).
• Mario Talavera ’19 (DEN) was recognized in the “Top Role Play” group for his event (Travel and Tourism).

Congratulations Wildcats, keep making us proud!