Sreya Alla, newly elected, 2025-26 Iowa State Secretary
BETTENDORF, IOWA (April 3, 2025) — Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) brought together more than 1,000 students and academic advisers from cities across Iowa to the Doubletree Hilton Convention Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from March 30 to April 1, 2025. The annual FBLA conference brings together career and technical education (CTE) students to compete in more than one hundred competitive events. Students also attended learning sessions with industry leaders and elected a state student officer team. The State Leadership Conference is an opportunity to highlight the skills and knowledge gained in the classroom and apply these skills in real world scenarios and case studies.
Seven students from Bettendorf High School were in attendance and competed in a variety of business and entrepreneurship competitive events. After getting passed the first round of competitors, six students were able to become national qualifiers. This is an outstanding accomplishment for our local students. Advisers Sarah Roeder, Mark Pisel, and Angie Mojeiko could not be more pleased with their success this year.
Left to right: Preston Tennant, Connor Wehr, Olivia Keninger, Sreya Alla, Delainey Sullivan, Kelly Le, and Winston Shaner
This year, Bettendorf also had a student run for state office for FBLA. Sreya Alla gave a campaign speech and ran an informational booth to try and sell herself as the next Iowa FBLA State Secretary. The members of Iowa FBLA trusted in her and voted as the next secretary for Iowa FBLA. This is the second state officer from Bettendorf in the last six years.
“We are so proud of our student members, who have been working diligently to prepare for the State Leadership Conference,” Bettendorf FBLA adviser, Angie Mojeiko said. “They impressed industry leaders with their mastery of competitive event subjects, made powerful new connections with students around Iowa, and demonstrated their readiness to enter the workforce.”
Left to right: Connor Wehr, Preston Tennant, Delainey Sullivan, Winston Shaner, Olivia Keninger, Sreya Alla, and Kelly Le
Here are the specific award winners:
1st place Help Desk, Sreya Alla
1st place Intro to Business Communications, Sreya Alla
2nd place Hospitality & Event Planning, Olivia Keninger and Kelly Le
3rd place Vocabulary Relay, Connor Wehr, Preston Tennant and Winston Shaner
4th place Intro to Business Concepts, Preston Tennant
4th place T-shirt Design, Sreya Alla and Delainey Sullivan
4th place Marketing, Connor Wehr and Preston Tennant
4th place Social Media Strategies, Sreya Alla, Olivia Keninger, and Delainey Sullivan
6th place T-shirt Design, Olivia Keninger and Kelly Le
8th place Broadcast Journalism, Delainey Sullivan
8th place Advertising, Delainey Sullivan
8th place, Visual Design Connor Wehr and Kelly Le
