FBLA State Confrence

Members of various FBLA chapters across the state of Oregon gather outside the Lloyd Center Ballroom as they wait for the State Business Leadership Conference to begin. (April 7th)

Students begin to fill the ballroom at the Portland Convention Center as the 2011 SBLC welcoming ceremony kicks off on April 7th.

FBLA members across the state prepare themselves to "Break Barriers", the SBLC main goal for 2011.

Oregon's FBLA state president welcomes students from more than ten different schools at the opening ceremony of the State Business Leadership Conference, he later stepped down to make way for a new state president.

Tualatin's Katie Newgard searches for her name on the competition schedule. Each student participating in the SBLC has qualified in their own event.

An FBLA advisor closes off a room as a group of students prepare to give their presentation in front of a panel of judges on April 8th.

The state finalists from the Engineering competition are announced to come on stage where their final placing will be presented.

The officers from each school's FBLA chapter gather on stage and await the state panel of judge's choice for the 2011 6A chapter of the year.

Tualatin's Katie Newgard flaunts the 6A chapter of the year trophy after they were announced the "winners" of the 2011 State Business Leadership conference. (April 9th)

Advisors Veronica Salsbury, Jim Mccaffrey, and Josh Parosa of Tualatin High School flash a smile after their chapter was named Chapter of the Year at the closing ceremony of the 2011 State Business Leadership Conference on April 9th.