MHS FBLA students once again take home national prize

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Thursday, 29 July 2010 16:10

For the second year in a row, Mamaroneck High School students were successful at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference (NLC). This July in Nashville, Tenn., the music city, Harrison Cain, Giancarlo Riso and Rory O’Connor competed in a competition called Business Ethics and were awarded sixth place in the country. The Business Ethics competition consisted of being given an issue or controversial business scenario, then having 20 minutes to prepare before giving a presentation to judges on what they would do in the scenario.

“The anxiety of the moment when I was on stage waiting for them to call my name, and being handed an award, was one I cannot describe in words,” said Rory O’Connor. “When we were announced for sixth place I immediately felt the relief of achieving something that I was attempting to achieve for the last three years of my life.” All three teammates have graduated high school this June and the award was a beautiful closing to an already amazing FBLA career.

Before even being able to compete on the national level, these students first were required to compete at a state level and either win first or second place, which they did this April, winning first in New York State.

“The success of Mamaroneck FBLA these past few years, have exceeded my expectations.” said Eileen Multari, Mamaroneck High School’s FBLA advisor for 30 years. This national conference was also the last one for Multari, and is also ending on a good note, leading Mamaroneck to win first place in the Chapter of the Year award for the third year in a row, along with many other wins on the state level this year, and then the award at nationals in Business Ethics.

The other students who competed and attended this year’s National Leadership Conference were Jonathan Pomeranz and Josh Saideman for Digital Video Production, and Ben Silverstein for American Enterprise.

FBLA has over 250,000 members worldwide and the National Leadership Conference is hosted each year in a different city in the United States.

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