Plainview DECA Wins at State Conference

By Rachel Drucker

From March 5 through March 8, the Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School DECA Club competed in the state competition in Rochester. DECA is an association of marketing students that familiarizes students with various business-like situations. After winning at the regional level, many students moved on to the state competitions and were extremely successful. There were over 2,000 students at the state competition from different schools within New York State. The following were winners in each of their events:

1st Place:

Public Service Broadcast - Jonathon Ascher

Technical Marketing Event - Shani Bob

Entrepreneurship-Written - Jason Fishkind

Chapter Scrapbook - Jenna Rossi, Nicole Spiegel

3rd Place:

Food Marketing Research - Jana Dubrow, Jill Kramer

Top 10:

Free Enterprise Event - Allison Battino, Rachel Weiss

Business & Financial Research - Brooke Belfer, Valerie Genna

E-Commerce Business Plan - Allison Bernstein, Dayna Norwich

Decision Making-Human Research - Elizabeth Biegel

Hospitality & Recreation Research - Justin Bolobanic

E-Commerce Business Plan - Danielle Carlow, Grace Lee, Lance Singer

Civic Consciousness Project - Rachel Drucker, Elyssa Mayer

Food Marketing Research - Eric Farkas, Adam Suissa

Retail Marketing Research - Matt Glick, Evan Merlis

Entrepreneurship-Participating - Jamie Gutterman

Business Services Marketing - Leslie Goldstein

Business & Financial Research - Craig Jacobs, Matt Perry

Hospitality & Recreation Research - Shari Klein, Michele Weitz

Creative Marketing - Josh Kolins, Zach Roeper

International Business Plan - Greg Kreig, Lauren Mandell

Public Relations Project - Andrea Levine, Jenna Spector, Lori Zuckerman

Technical Marketing Representatives - Tanner Lewis

Retail Marketing Research - Justin Ohnigian, Jared Raskin

Business & Marketing Law - David Sirotkin

Business & Marketing Law - Jason Zemsky

Medalists:

Food Marketing - Michael Bonanni

Business Services Marketing - Leslie Goldstein

Apparel & Accessories - Tara Kelly

Retail Merchandising - Josh Robins

Business & Marketing Law - David Sirotkin

Business & Marketing Law - Jason Zemsky