WGTC Students Advance to National FBLA Leadership Conference After Strong Statewide Performance

CARROLLTON, GA – West Georgia Technical College’s (WGTC) Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Collegiate chapter excelled at the recent Georgia FBLA Collegiate State Leadership Conference in Atlanta, showcasing their knowledge, professionalism, and leadership potential.

During the conference, students competed in a range of business-related events, networked with peers from other technical colleges across the state, and attended leadership seminars focused on topics such as team building, professional etiquette, and personal finance.

Kristy Bishop of Lithia Springs, Dalten Dyer of Carrollton, Robert Galan of Carrollton, Issachar Joseph of Douglasville, Taylor Lowery of Winston, Calieb Pierson of Villa Rica, Amelia Phillips of Greenville, Christian Putman of Villa Rica, and Cherilyn Rodriguez of Carrollton represented WGTC at the conference. All nine students earned the opportunity to advance to the FBLA Collegiate National Leadership Conference, which will be held this June in Dallas, Texas.

“I am extremely proud of the students for their outstanding effort and commitment to the competition,” said WGTC FBLA advisor Tammy Frost. “As an advisor, I take great pride in their accomplishments and am sincerely grateful for the college’s continued support of FBLA, which provides students with invaluable opportunities for personal and professional development.”

WGTC’s 2025 State Competition winners include:

WGTC FBLA students pictured with their awards, from left to right: Front row – Taylor Lowery, Kristy Bishop, Issachar Joseph, and Dalten Dyer. Back row – Robert Galan, Christian Putman, Calieb Pierson, Cherilyn Rodriguez, Amelia Phillips, and WGTC Accounting instructor and FBLA Co-advisor Marschell Davidson. Not pictured: WGTC CIS instructor and FBLA Lead Advisor Tammy Frost.

First Place Winners:

Kristy Bishop – Foundations of Computer Science

Christian Putman – Cybersecurity

Robert Galan, Taylor Lowery, Christian Putman – Technology & Computer Science Case Competition

Amelia Phillips – Hospitality Management Case

Second Place Winners:

Issachar Joseph, Taylor Lowery, Cherilyn Rodriguez – Accounting Case Competition

Dalten Dyer, Calieb Pierson – Business Ethics

Issachar Joseph – Marketing, Sales & Communication Case

Dalten Dyer – Sports Management

Christian Putman – Foundations of Computer Science

Third Place Winner:

Robert Galan – Cybersecurity

Fourth Place Winner:

Kristy Bishop – Foundations of Technology

Fifth Place Winner:

Cherilyn Rodriguez – Retail Management

Future Business Leaders of America is a nonprofit 501©(3) education association helping more than 230,000 students to prepare for careers in business and business-related fields. It is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and organized on local, state, and national levels.

West Georgia Technical College, with campuses in Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Haralson, and Troup counties and class sites in Heard and Meriwether counties, offers more than 120 associate degree, diploma, and technical certificate programs of study. A unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, West Georgia Tech is one of the largest of the state’s 22 technical colleges. For more information, please visit www.westgatech.edu.