Indiana DECA State Officer Test 2026

Advisors

adults in charge of DECA school chapters and chartered associations

ACTE

Association of Career and Technical Education - professional group for educators of career and technical training

Board of Directors

17 individuals consisting of 10 district coordinators, an alumni representative, a college representative, the IMEA (Indiana Marketing Education Association) president, a CTE liaison (someone who teaches career and technical skills to students), 1 state officer (president saanvi sampada), the state officer coordinator (Kelly Miller), the executive director/chartered association advisor (Janice Brown).

Budget (Chapter)

Document identifying the amount of money needed by the chapter to carry out the program of leadership that is prepared annually

Bylaws

Indiana DECA has their own set of bylaws (rules for internal governance of an organization) that compliment the Indiana DECA Constitution

Chapter

Unincorporated student organizations operating under the authority of the local school district and the chartered association

Charter State

17 states which adopted the national constitution and official name of DECA in 1948: Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Washington

Chartered Associations

Consist of local school chapters within a state or equivalent geographic unit and perform 4 basic functions including:

1. Act as a unifying body by providing an opportunity for the chapters to work and plan together on a state-wide association basis.

2. Set standards which local chapters must meet before a charter can be granted

3. Act as a clearinghouse for information and ideas that will benefit DECA locally, association-wide, and nationally/internationally

4. Act as a liaison between DECA Inc. and chapters in carrying out programs and projects

CTSO

Career and Technical Student Organization (includes organizations such as DECA, FFA, BPA, HOSA etc)

What does DECA do?

Prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. It is represented by a president and 4 vice presidents, at both the high school and college level. Services are provided to over 222,000 students in 3,700 chapters in 51 high school-chartered state associations

DECA Headquarters Address

DECA Inc 1908 Association Drive Reston, VA 20191

Indiana DECA Mailing Address

Indiana DECA 12631 West Road Zionsville, IN 46077

DECA Direct

Digital platform that provides DECA advisors and members with news, publication, and content

Governor of Indiana

Mike Braun

Indiana Secretary of Education

Katie Jenner

DECA Guide

Annual guide that publishes the competitive event guidelines, shop DECA products, and awards for that year

2025-2026 DECA theme

Go The Extra

Official colors of DECA

Blue and Gold

Organization of DECA

Chapters> District(mine is 2)> State Region(district 1 and 2 make up region 1)> Chartered Association(Indiana DECA)> National Region(Central)> National or International DECA INC

DECA Mission Statement

DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management

National Executive Director

Frank Peterson

National Member Fees

Supports about 1/3 of the total operational cost of DECA $8 for high school members

Indiana DECA Member Fees

$7

Divisions of DECA

High School Division, Collegiate Division, Alumni Division, Professional Division

Location and date of the first Interstate Conference of the Distributive Education Clubs of America (what DECA was formally known as)

Memphis, TN in April 1947

Indiana DECA's Executive Director and Chartered Association Advisor

Janice Brown

What does the Program of Leadership (POL) do?

1. brings together the leadership team, DECA goals and action items for the year into one strategic leadership plan

2. provides a comprehensive plan of the chapter's goals and activities for the school year

3. aligns each goal with a mission area, assigns overall responsibility to a leader, and indicates the key project initiative, success criteria, time frame and project leaders

Regions and Districts of Indiana DECA

Districts 1 & 2 = Region 1

Districts 4 & 5 = Region 2

Districts 3, 6, & 9 = Region 3

District 7 & 10 = Region 4

District 8, 11, & 12 = Region 5

District Coordinators

1 chapter advisor of each district who coordinates leadership activities for the district and runs the District Career Development Conference

DECA month

a month to promote and celebrate DECA in your school. it's in November

Categories of Competitive Events

-Principles of Business Administration Events

-Individual Series Events

-Team Decision Making Events

-Personal Financial Literacy Event

-Business Operations Research Events

-Project Management Events

-Integrated Marketing Campaign Events

-Entrepreneurship Events

-Professional Selling and Consulting Events

-Online Events

National Regions of DECA

Western, Central, Southern, and North Atlantic (each has 13 or more chartered associations)

Leadership conferences

Allow students to participate in activities while developing career and leadership skills

(Indiana DECA holds one and then the Ultimate Power Trip is held nationally. This year that will be held in Lexington, Kentucky, from November 20-22, 2026)

Central Region

Made up of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota

Marketing

activity set of institutions and processes for creating, communication, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners and society at large

Seven Functions of Marketing

Pricing

Product/Service Management

Marketing-Information Management

Selling

Promotion

Distribution

Financing

Product Service Management

the process of shaping what a company offers in response to demand stemming from market fluctuations

anticipates customer needs and then guides product development to meet them

Marketing Information Management

act of composing, organizing, storing, analyzing, and reporting analytics based on marketing information and data.

get this data from studies, sales numbers, campaign results, marketing research, and other types of data projects

Channel Management

company develops various marketing techniques as well as sales strategies to reach the widest possible customer base

(basically ways to market and sell products)

Market Planning

Process of organizing and defining the marketing aims of a company and gathering strategies and tactics to achieve them

4 P's of Marketing

Price, product, place, and promotion

Four Main Objectives of Parliamentary Law

1. to do one thing at a time

2. Courtesy to everyone

3. The rule of the majority must prevail

4. The right of the minority must be protected

Parliamentary Principles

1. Only One main motion may be considered at a time

2. Each member's rights are equal to those of his/her fellow members

3. the majority has the right to work its will and its decisions must be followed

4. the minority has the right to be heard

Quorum

One plus 50 % of the members are present and eligible to vote

Types of Motions

Main, Subsidiary, Incidental, Privileged, motions that bring a question again before the assembly

Main Motions

All business to be considered by and assembly is introduced by a main motion. can only be considered if no other business is pending

Subsidiary Motions

those that may be applied to another motion for the purpose of modifying it, delaying action of it, or disposing of it

Incidental Motions

Motions which deal with questions of procedure and arise our of another pending motion of item of business (not debatable)

Privileged Motions

those that are unrelated to the current motion, but are of such urgency or importance they are considered immediately

Two types of amendments

1. First order - and amendment to the motion

2. Second order- an amendment to the amendment

Standard Order of Business

Reading and approval of Minutes, reports of officers, boards and standing committees, reports of special committees, special orders, unfinished business and general orders, new business

Correct way to state a motion

"I move that" followed by a statement of the Proposal

DECA's Attributes and Values

Competence, innovation, integrity, and teamwork

DECA Emblem

DECA Diamond

Four Inner Points of the Diamond represent what?

The first set of DECA's guiding principles

Four Outer Points of the Diamond represent what?

The second set of guiding principles and the polished leaders DECA prepares

First Set of DECA's Guiding Principles

Integrates into classroom instruction, applies learning, connects to business, promotes competition

Second Set of DECA's Guiding Principles

Academically Prepared, Community Oriented, Professionally Responsible, and Experiences Leaders

Central Region Vice President

Holly Hutson

North Atlantic Region Vice President

Trinjan Kaur

Southern Region Vice President

Olivia Stegner

Western Region Vice President

Eva Shapiro

High School Division President

Alex Ellsworth

Indiana DECA President

Sai Boda

When was DECA founded?

1946 founded but was official in 1947 in the convention in Memphis

When was Indiana DECA Founded?

1948

VP of Career Development

Daisy Nicolas

VP of Leadership

Rohan Khatri

VP of Marketing

Estella Neale

VP of Hospitality

Khushi Shah

VP of Finance

Isaac Schroeder

Region 1 President

Aurora Tru Henrichs

Region 2 President

Abby DeHondt

Region 3 President

Bennett Ganshorn

Region 4 President

Lucy Etling

Region 5 President

Tiki Zheng