Montana BPA 2024 State Leadership Conference

The 2024 Montana BPA State Leadership Conference was held in Billings on March 12-15. One thousand three hundred and thirty-five students and local chapter advisors from the middle level and secondary level attended in a spirit of friendship and goodwill. BPA Montana Association assisted the members through participation in the areas of competitive events, leadership, community development, and professionalism.

Students from 101 Montana schools demonstrated their knowledge in business and technological skills and abilities in 93 different competitive events from within the five core assessment areas of Finance, Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Digital Communication & Design, Management, Marketing & Communication and Health Administration.

Montana BPA was pleased to donate $10,000 to Special Olympics Montana as their state-wide philanthropic organization. Our Lincoln BPA chapters raised $300 for the organization.

Community members and Montana businesses also played a tremendous role in the success of the state conference by serving as judges for the competitive events and presenters of workshops. In addition, Montana BPA has received more than $30,000.00 in financial support and/or in-kind support Montana business and education institutions as part of the corporate sponsor and education partnership program.

Andrea Weisner, a junior at Lincoln High School, was recognized for her design efforts for being selected as the winner of the Region 2 trading sticker design for SLC.

Lincoln High School BPA took thirteen students to compete at SLC this year. One team and two individuals placed in the top ten at the event. The freshmen team comprised of Elijah Barnett, Hailey Smith and Remi Dietz placed 5th in their Presentation Team, while Andrea Weisner placed 3rd in Graphic Design Promotion, and sophomore, Makena Copenhaver placed 3rd in Health Research Presentation. Both Weisner and Copenhaver placed in the top 3 and will move on to the National competition. The chapter officers: Hailey Smith, Remi Dietz, Noah Barnett and Elijah Barnett have also elected to attend Nationals this year to serve as interns at the event to better understand what happens behind the scenes.

BPA Montana students will have the opportunity to travel to Chicago, Illinois to compete in the 2024 BPA National Leadership Conference which will be held May 10-14. Business Professionals of America is the leading CTSO (Career Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in business management, finance, office administration, information technology, health administration and other related career fields.