Welcome to the Wrightstown Future Business Leaders of America page!  My name is Maddie Eiting and I am the President of Wrightstown FBLA for the 2024-2025 school year.  I have been a superior active member of the club since my freshman year and have been involved in many activities since then.  FBLA has been very beneficial in helping me grow in many different ways by offering me numerous opportunities in the business world and in my community.  These experiences have helped strengthen vital skills for my future endeavors and created everlasting memories.  FBLA gives students the opportunity to learn about business by competing in events, helping out the community, and participating in various activities.

FBLA is a popular nationwide student organization that helps prepare high school students for their future careers by teaching them the skills and knowledge that they will need to succeed.  There are over 80 different competitive events for students to participate in.  The events consist of tests, presentations, and interviews.  Every year members can participate in one of these events at the Region III Leadership Conference held in February.  Our club has taken first place at regionals for the past 15 years! This past year we had 96 members compete and 42 members placed in the top three in their event at regionals and advanced onto State FBLA.  Then five of them placed in the top four at State advancing onto Nationals.  Congratulations to Reagan Juntunen who placed fifth in the nation for the Computer Applications event!  Our club includes many other fun activities like our NCAA March Madness brackets, the used eyeglasses drive, writing cards for senior citizens in the community, and running our very popular annual Senior Citizen Christmas Party.  This party is a perfect way for the senior citizens in our community to come in and celebrate the Christmas season with food, games, prizes and more.  In addition to all these fun activities we also do Future Business Leaders of America week.  FBLA week is filled with fun themes, prizes, and treats in the purpose of recognizing our club.  We will also be offering a free donut to anyone who comes to our very first meeting so be sure to attend!

I’ve been a member of FBLA throughout my entire high school career and I believe that everyone should join.  I have made so many memories and have had so much fun being a part of this club.  FBLA has also provided me with lots of opportunities and is a fantastic resume builder.

To find out more about our club follow us on social media or talk to me or Mr. Doell, our club advisor.

Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), held its National Leadership Conference in Baltimore Wrightstown FBLA advanced 16 members to compete at Nationals:  Grant Mathu, Business Law; Claire Geurts, Computer Applications; Gabby Koel, Future Business Leader; Jake Wesner, Help Desk; Jon O'Connell, Andrew Ward, & Kyle Rohan, Place Hospitality Management; Spencer Fitch, Mobile Application Development; Megan Genke, Organizational Leadership; Logan Hanaway, Public Speaking; Carter Eggert, Spreadsheet Applications; Autumn Diny, Grace Van Zeeland, & Paige Van Zeeland, Social Media Campaign; Kyla Dewick, Word Processing.

Autumn Diny, Grace Van Zeeland, and Paige Van Zeeland competed in the Social Media Campaign and brought home a sixth place trophy.

Jake Wesner competed in the Computer Help Desk event and brought home a seventh place trophy.

Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), held its National Leadership Conference in Anaheim on June 29-July 2, 2017 in Anaheim, California.  Wrightstown FBLA advanced 16 members to compete at Nationals:  Amber Lamers, Business Law; Miranda Pleshek, Database Design and Applications; Robin Schroeder (a 3-time national qualifier, only one other Wrightstown member has achieved this) & Raelia Pennenberg, Emerging Business Issues; Spencer Fitch, Help Desk; Josh Verhagen, Insurance & Risk Management; Kayla Westphal, Intro. to Business Communication; Conner Geurts, Jacob Lewandowski, Evan Mathu, Management Decision Making; David Joslin-Pleshek, Isaiah Ley, Leah Voster, Management Information Systems; Logan Cieslewicz, Sales Presentation; Nick Lischka, Spreadsheet Applications; Carter Eggert, Word Processing. 

Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), held its National Leadership Conference in Atlanta on June 29-July 2. Seven Wrightstown FBLA members competed at Nationals:  Kendall Bentley, AgriBusiness; Brandon Bourassa & Grant Thiel, Management Decision Making; Hannah Kugler, Spreadsheet Applications; Nick Lischka, Database Management & Design; Calvin O’Connell, Impromptu Speaking; Robin Schroeder, Business Communication. 

These individuals represented Wrightstown well.  Kendall Bentley finished 5th in AgriBusiness and Brandon Bourassa and Grant Thiel finished 8th Management Decision Making at FBLA Nationals!

2015 National FBLA Qualifiers, Chicago, IL

Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), held its National Leadership Conference in Chicago on June 29-July 2.  More than 10,000 of America’s best and brightest students traveled to the Windy City to Step Up to the Challenge (this year’s FBLA theme) as they showcased their talents as future business leader of America.  These participants from across the United States attended this exciting conference to enhance their business skills, expand their networks, and participate in more than 60 business and business-related competitive events.  Five Wrightstown FBLA members advanced out of the State competition and competed at Nationals:  Mark Diny, Help Desk; Patrick Froehlke, Database Design & Applications; Jacob Heezen Business Law; Julia Niemeier, Business Communication; Robin Schroeder Intro to Business Communication

2013 FBLA NATIONALS

Wrightstown advanced five of its members to the National competition.  Julia Niemeier, a sophomore, competed in FBLA Principles & Procedures.  Justin Lemke, a junior, competed in Help Desk.  Andrew Gilles, a sophomore, competed in Computer Problem Solving. Scotty O’Connell, a junior, competed in Business Communication.  Travis Westphal, a sophomore, competed in Introduction to Technology Concepts. 

The Wrightstown FBLA would like to thank Bruce & Deborah Gilles for their very generous financial donation to Wrightstown FBLA the past two years and each of the students’ parents for making the trip to Nationals possible.  This was a great experience for these student, and it will be one that they will not forget.

Justin Lemke placed 9th in the nation in Computer Help Desk.

2011 National FBLA

In June of 2011, three Wrightstown FBLA members advanced to the National FBLA Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida.  Those student were Cameron O'Connell, who placed 1st at state in Impromptu Speaking; Jordan Johnson, who placed 2nd in Database Management and Design; and Sammie Grode; who place 3rd in Business Law.   A special thanks to the businesses and organizations that made donations to make this trip possible.