{"id":26989,"date":"2016-07-20T08:05:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T12:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=26989"},"modified":"2017-06-27T13:02:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T17:02:58","slug":"fiu-business-student-elected-national-president-of-phi-beta-lambda-at-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2016\/07\/fiu-business-student-elected-national-president-of-phi-beta-lambda-at-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU Business student elected national president of Phi Beta Lambda at conference."},"content":{"rendered":"
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From left to right: Ashley Pozo (5th place Community Service Project), Jesus Mendez (5th place Hospitality Management), Karina Hleuka (7th place Help Desk), Carolina Chavez (5th place Sales Presentation), Albert Amaya (3rd place Future Business Executive, 5th place Community Service Project and elected National President), Elizabeth Alvarez (appointed National Parliamentarian), Michael Angrand (5th place Hospitality Management) , Lai Eng and Alexander Alonso (5th place Hospitality Management).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Albert Amaya, a human resource management major at Florida International University (FIU), has been elected as president of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL), the largest collegiate business student organization in the world.<\/p>\n

The announcement was made at the National Leadership Conference for PBL, the collegiate division of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), which was held June 24-27, 2016, at the Atlanta (Georgia) Marriott Marquis. Amaya also serves as the FIU chapter president and as the 2016-17 Florida State president.<\/p>\n

Applause filled the ballroom at the awards ceremony when Amaya\u2019s name was announced for the highest honor. Members from chapters throughout Florida, including the ten members from FIU, were said to have cheered the loudest as one of their own was called to the stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an incredible moment and I am very grateful for the chance to lead this talented group of students,\u201d says Amaya, who is travelling at the end of July for leadership training at the organization\u2019s headquarters in Reston, Virginia. \u201cActivities and opportunities within FBLA-PBL give members the chance to have a portfolio of documented accomplishments before they enter the job market.\u201d<\/p>\n

While other FIU students have held national office for FBLA-PBL, Amaya is the first to earn the title of president. His year ahead includes leading the national organization and representing its members in meetings including those with congressional leaders in Washington, D.C. FBLA-PBL<\/a>, one of the student organizations in FIU\u2019s College of Business, helps over 230,000 members prepare for careers in business and business-related fields.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am over the moon at the honor Albert has brought to FIU\u2019s College of Business<\/a> and to all of Florida,\u201d said chapter advisor Yanyn San Luis (BA \u201910), assistant director of alumni relations in FIU\u2019s Office of Advancement. \u201cI have known Albert since his high school days in FBLA. He has continually developed his leadership skills through this organization, bringing him to the moment he was ready for the highest leadership position.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also named to national office was Elizabeth Alvarez, who will serve for a second year as National Parliamentarian. Her appointment is based on achieving the highest test score on the parliamentary procedure written exam.<\/p>\n

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FIU FBLA-PBL officers Albert Amaya (National President), Elizabeth Alvarez (National Parliamentarian)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

More honors at the national conference.<\/em><\/p>\n

FIU\u2019s chapter, named as the Florida Chapter of the Year last March, once again received the FBLA-PBL Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit award at the national conference.<\/p>\n

Chapter members earned distinction in competitive events at the conference:<\/p>\n

3rd<\/sup> Place
\nFuture Business Executive: Albert Amaya<\/p>\n

4th<\/sup> Place
\nLocal Chapter Annual Business Report<\/p>\n

5th<\/sup> Place
\nCommunity Service Project: Ashley Pozo and Albert Amaya<\/p>\n

5th<\/sup> Place
\nHospitality Management: Michael Angrand, Jesus Mendez, Alexander Alonso<\/p>\n

5th<\/sup> Place
\nSales Presentation: Carolina Chavez<\/p>\n

7th<\/sup> Place
\nHelp Desk: Karina Hleuka<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are especially impressed that four achievers at the national level \u2013 Alexander Alonso, Michael Angrand, Karina Hleuka and Jesus Mendez — are freshmen,\u201d said Amaya.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe group of leaders at FBLA-PBL at FIU has done amazing work in taking this chapter to the next level,\u201d said San Luis. \u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time to be a member.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Albert Amaya, a human resource management major at Florida International University (FIU), has been elected as president of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL), the largest collegiate business student organization in the world. The announcement was made at the National Leadership Conference for PBL, the collegiate division of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), which was held […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":27009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10,13],"tags":[845,846,966,3031,2128,2693],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26989"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26989"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28467,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26989\/revisions\/28467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}