Business Professionals of America
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| Motto | Today’s students. Tomorrow’s business professionals. |
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| Formation | 1966 |
| Type | Youth organization |
| Legal status | Intra-Curricular Non-profit organization |
| Headquarters | Columbus, Ohio |
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Region served
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 United States
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Membership
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Over 43,000 (More than 2,300 chapters) in 23 States and Puerto Rico |
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National Presidents
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Drew Mammel (Secondary), Andrea Leal (Post-Secondary) |
| Website | http://www.bpa.org |
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Formerly called
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Business Professionals of America (BPA) is a career and technical student organization that is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. BPA aims to develop leadership, academic, and technological skills in the workplace among students and leaders within the community. BPA's colors are navy blue, tan, and red.
Every Business Professionals of America chapter has presiding officers for the national organization, state associations, and local chapters. They all share and carry out similar tasks at all levels.
BPA rewards members in three categories:
There are several levels of competition held at conferences and competition advancement is sought at each level in events referred to in the awards section.
Many regions, districts, or states opt to also arrange Fall Leadership Conferences in which there is no competition. These conferences are usually less formal than at RLC/DLC, SLC, and NLC instead often focusing on workshops over areas such as social media etiquette, proper professional dress, public speaking, etc.
Every year BPA hosts a National Leadership Conference (NLC) with nearly 6,000 students from across the nation. At NLC, students compete in over 71 competitive events with students from across the United States. The 2016 National Leadership Conference took place in Boston, Massachusetts from May 5 to May 9. The 2017 National Leadership Conference will take place in Orlando, Florida on May 10 through May 14.
Business Professionals of America was formed in 1966 as the Office Education Association (OEA). Note that information retrieved below was accessed at http://www.bpa.org/information/history.
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