Fifteen Lehigh Career & Technical Institute students qualified to compete this spring at the Pennsylvania FBLA State Leadership Conference in Hershey, Pa.

LCTI’s competitors participated in a regional contest held virtually throughout January and February to earn their spots at states, which is set for April 17-19. More than 5,000 FBLA members from across the commonwealth are expected to gather at the conference for skills workshops and showdowns.

The state qualifiers from Lehigh Career & Technical Institute are:

Allentown Central Catholic High School

1st Place, Help Desk: Ashley Chila
Computer Information Technology

William Allen High School

2nd Place, Introduction to Business Presentation (Team): Celizandra Marin
Web Design/Web Programming

Catasauqua High School

2nd Place, Computer Problem Solving: Gavin Cunningham
Computer & Networking Technology

1st Place, Network Design (Team): Tyler Rivera
Web Design/Web Programming

Parkland High School

1st Place, Computer Problem Solving: Josh Baron
Computer & Networking Technology

4th Place, Computer Problem Solving: Noah Mendez
Computer Information Technology

1st Place, Cyber Security: Willoh Economou Olson
Computer Information Technology

1st Place, Network Design (Team): Adi Patel
Web Design/Web Programming

1st Place, Publication Design (Team): Luke Melicharek
Web Design/Web Programming

1st Place, Publication Design (Team): Julian Wiewiora
Web Design/Web Programming

3rd Place, Supply Chain Management: Jayden Sanchez
Supply Chain Management & Logistics Technology

Salisbury High School

2nd Place, Cyber Security: Eric Kim
Web Design/Web Programming

Southern Lehigh High School

1st Place, Publication Design (Team): Richard Lance
Web Design/Web Programming

Whitehall High School

2nd Place, Introduction to Business Presentation (Team): Semi Baker
Web Design/Web Programming

2nd Place, Supply Chain Management: Jason Price
Supply Chain Management & Logistics Technology

FBLA is one of seven career and technical student organizations at LCTI. The others are DECA, FCCLA, FFA, HOSA, NTHS and SkillsUSA. Joseph Peregrin, LCTI’s Web Design/Web Programming teacher, is the chapter adviser.

Kudos to all the students who participated in regionals and congratulations to LCTI’s state qualifiers. We’ll be rooting for you at states!