Tyler Adkins elected Ohio DECA president

Western Brown High School junior Tyler Adkins has been elected as the 2013-14 Ohio DECA president at the organization’s annual Fall Leadership Conference in Columbus.

DECA is a co-curricular program designed for student interested in a career in marketing, management, and entrepreneurship.

Tyler becomes one of the youngest ever members to become president of the organization.

Tyler’s marketing instructor Mr. Michael Goins explains the election process: "In October, Tyler went through a screening process in which four finalists eligible to campaign for president were selected. At the Fall Leadership Conference, Tyler started with a campaign booth designed to meet and greet voting delegates from around the state in an informal manner.

"The election then got serious as each candidate had to present a four-minute campaign speech and platform to a room full of voting delegates. Following the speeches each candidate took part in a question and answer session that would proceed the actual voting. One voting delegate representing each school then cast a ballot with the requirement that one presidential candidate would get 50 percent plus one of the voting delegates in attendance in order to become president. Tyler then had to wait until the end of the conference day for the voting results to be announced and be installed as the new Ohio DECA president."

As president, Tyler will preside over the 4,500-member student organization for the next calendar year. In that time, he will be involved in planning both the State Career Development Conference in March as well as next year’s Fall Leadership Conference.

He will also participate in the International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Ga. in May as well as serve as the vice president of the Executive Council Meetings which involves teachers from around the state serving on DECA’s steering committee.

Tyler, the son of Scott and Teresa Adkins of Mt. Orab, is a second-year member in the organization which is open to high school students enrolled in Marketing classes. Tyler is currently taking Marketing I at Western Brown High School which is a satellite program of Southern Hills Career and Technical Center.