Collegiate DECA (Hutchinson)

DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.

In DECA, You Will Become:

• Academically prepared – DECA members are ambitious, high-achieving leaders equipped to conquer the challenges of their aspirations.
• Community-oriented – Recognizing the benefit of service and responsibility to the community, DECA members continually impact and improve their local and broader communities.
• Professionally responsible – DECA members are poised professionals with ethics, integrity, and high standards.
• Experienced leaders – DECA members are empowered through experience to provide effective leadership through goal setting, consensus building, and project implementation.

As an integral part of the classroom curriculum, DECA’s industry-validated competitive events are aligned with the National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism.

Membership Benefits

Leadership Opportunities

• A variety of conferences with a focus on leadership and team development
• “What Matters Most” personal and professional time management seminar based on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Leadership positions from the local through the international levels

Career Development

• Networking at conferences
• Exclusive online job fair for DECA members
• Management Institutes are dynamic and interactive learning activities focused on strategic decision-making and effective management. Institutes are offered at the International Conference for a variety of industries.

Community Service

• Members strive to make a difference within their communities
• DECA recognizes service among chapters through the Diamond Chapter Award

Hutchinson Collegiate DECA Officers

President – Andrew Garfunkel
Vice President – Autumn Lindback
Treasurer/Secretary – Angelo Metzger
Historian – Leah Peterson
Community Service Coordinator – Becky Lent