Willowbrook hosts State send-off celebration for eight members of the DECA Team

Pictured are members of Willowbrook's DECA Team who competed in the DECA State competition. They are (from left) junior Neeraja Kumar, senior Penelope DelValle, senior Charles May, senior Kalista Becker, senior Maxwell Hirsch and DECA adviser Laura Lopez. Not pictured are junior Hudson De La Rosa and senior Chris Nasi.

On March 3, Willowbrook hosted a State send-off celebration for members of the school’s DECA Team who competed in the DECA State competition (known as the Illinois DECA Career Development Conference). That event took place from March 3 to 5 in Rosemont.

Those students are:

• Senior Kalista Becker: 2nd place in Automotive Services Marketing; International Business Plan
  
  
• Senior Tracy Chen: 3rd place in Principles of Marketing (qualified, but unable to compete)
  
  
• Junior Hudson De La Rosa: 3rd place in Principles of Business Management and Administration
  
  
• Junior Neeraja Kumar: 2nd place in Sports and Entertainment Marketing; Integrated Marketing Campaign (event, product or service?)
  
  
• Senior Charles May: 2nd place in Principles of Business Management and Administration
  
  
• Senior Chris Nasi: 1st place in Marketing Communications; Independent Business Plan
  
  
• Seniors Penelope DelValle and Maxwell Hirsch: Innovation Plan

DECA is a competitive club that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. For more information about DECA, go to www.deca.org.