This document provides information about DECA, including national officers from 2008-2010, major DECA conferences held each year, national sponsors of DECA, common competitive events, and notable figures related to DECA such as locations, people, and companies.

2. National DECA National DECA Diamonds
Sponsors Comp. Events
Officers Conferences
100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500

3. National Officers – 100
Current National President
Kurtis Conkel

4. National Officers - 200
Ran for NARVP in 2010, but
did not get elected
Bradley Carpenter

5. National Officers - 300
2009 – 2010 National President
Ryan Dyck

6. National Officers - 400
2009 – 2010 Officer from Connecticut
Julie Laven

7. National Officers - 500
2008 – 2009 NARVP
Mike LeVecque

8. DECA Conferences - 100
Held every spring in
Annapolis to test skills in the
classroom
Maryland DECA CDC

9. DECA Conferences - 200
The Ultimate DECA
Conference
International Career
Development Conference

10. DECA Conferences - 300
To be held in Philadelphia, PA
later this year
North Atlantic Region
Leadership Conference

11. DECA Conferences - 400
Fashion, Networking, Lights
New York Experience

12. DECA Conferences - 500
Blue Men appear at this
conference
Sports & Entertainment
Marketing Conference

13. National Sponsors – 100
Free Cookies at ICDC
Otis Spunkmeyer

14. National Sponsors - 200
One of the largest food and
drug retailers in North
America.
Safeway, Inc.

15. National Sponsors - 300
Part of the New York
Experience Trip
FIDM/Fashion Institute of
Design & Merchandising

16. National Sponsors - 400
Over 5,000 institutional members in
Collegiate DECA chapters
university-wide.
Johnson & Wales

17. National Sponsors - 500
Sponsor of Sports &
Entertainment Marketing
Competition
Finish Line

18. Competitive Events - 100
Now may be handed to or left
with the judge.
Business Cards

19. Competitive Events - 200
Provides an opportunity for chapter
members to demonstrate the skills needed
in planning, organizing, implementing and
evaluating a single public relations
campaign conducted by the chapter.
Public Relations Project

20. Competitive Events - 300
The only Special Event
DECA Quiz Bowl

21. Competitive Events - 400
Marketing Representative Event
that involves only one person.
Professional Selling Event

22. Competitive Events - 500
This category has its own
conference
Sports & Entertainment

23. Diamonds - 100
City where DECA is
headquartered in
Reston, VA

24. Diamonds - 200
Executive Director of DECA
Ed Davis

25. Diamonds - 300
TV personality that has a
history in DECA?
Katie Couric

26. Diamonds - 400
Late night talk show host that
was a DECA member
Jay Leno

27. Diamonds - 500
DECA member when he went to
high school in Washington
State and now works for
Starbucks
Steve Legg