Organization: North Coast Educational Consortium
C/o Clatsop Community College
Contact: Erie Johnson Regional Coordinator
North Coast Ed. Consortium/Carl Perkins Program
Clatsop Community College
338-7675

Tenth Annual Business Leaders of Tomorrow Skills Conference
Brings Students Closer To Their Professional Dreams

About 130 high school students from Rainier, Clatskanie, Knappa, Astoria, Seaside and Jewell participated in the 10th annual Business Leaders of Tomorrow Regional Skills Conference April 10, 2007 at the Seaside Civic & Convention Center. The event was sponsored by the North Coast Educational Consortium, Clatsop Community College, Astoria Warrenton Chamber of Commerce and Bradwood Landing and hosted such activities as: skill competitions including Graphic Arts, Accounting and Public Speaking, Job Interview, a leadership workshop developed by Astoria High School, and a discussion group focusing on the Evolution of Business and Dress for Success with representation from Nordstrom.

The Business Leaders of Tomorrow Skills Conference is an extension of regional high school business education programs. Its main goal is to enhance the building of student self-esteem through achievements in course work.

This year’s keynote speaker was Rick Minniefield, a Professional Speaker Leadership Consultant. Mr. Minniefield states “I challenge you to set incredibly high goals…I challenge you that even though the title says 'leader' you understand that leader also means being right by yourself rather than wrong with the rest of the crowd.” In the skill competition portion of the conference, students competed in fifteen educational areas. The winners by category are as follows:

10-Key:
1st Place – Courtney Lindberg, Astoria High School
2nd Place – Kate Smith, Astoria High School
3rd Place – Jordan Anderson, Knappa High School

Accounting I:
1st Place – Nathan Stecker, Rainier High School
2nd Place – Tasheena Pedersen, Rainier High School
3rd Place – Justice Blackwood, Rainier High School

Applied Business Math:
1st Place – Nathan Stecker, Rainier High School
2nd Place – Mike Prendergast, Jewell High School
3rd Place – Phillip Schockelt, Jewell High School

Business Practices Team Test:
1st Place – Nicole Bailey, Shauna Scholten, Rainier High School
2nd Place – Mari Ramarui, Karlee Johnson, Stacy Law,
Sina Fastabend, Astoria High School
3rd Place – Hilary O’Bryan, Steven Wentworth, Daryk McCoy,
Anthony Kustura, Astoria High School

Graphic Design:
1st Place – Kirk Stanovich, Knappa High School

Economics:
1st Place – Emily Bogardus, Rainier High School
2nd Place – Skyler Butenshan, Astoria High School
3rd Place – Jamie Coggins, Astoria High School

Integrated Computer Applications:
1st Place – Kory Schuff, Rainier High School
2nd Place – Danny Donaldson, Jewell High School
3rd Place – Dennis Petersen, Knappa High School

Job Interview:
1st Place –Shawna Scholten, Rainier High School
2nd Place –Megan Harn, Knappa High School
3rd Place – Nicole Bailey, Rainier High School

Keyboarding:
1st Place – Casey Bodenhammer, Rainier High School
Fastest Typist— Casey Bodenhammer, Rainier High School

Public Speaking:
1st Place –Hilary O’Bryan, Astoria High School
2nd Place –Ryan Fritch, Astoria High School
3rd Place—Autumn Hodges, Clatskanie High School

Web Page Design:
1st Place – Kyle Brewer, Astoria High School
2nd Place – Shelley Gregory, Astoria High School
3rd Place – Jordan Crownover, Astoria High School

Promo/Advertising:
1st Place – Brittany Wright, Kory Schuff, Emily Bogardus
Rainier High School
2nd Place – Whitney Cramer, Brittany Vigorer, Jordan Nichols
Rainier High School
3rd Place – Jordan Clarke, Becca Edmundson, Mattie Rousch
Rainier High School

Marketing:
1st Place – Nicole Bailey, Rainier High School
2nd Place – Rebecca Tursa, Rainier High School
3rd Place – Mattie Rousch, Rainier High School

Desktop Publishing:
1st Place – Nikole DeBois, Rainier High School
2nd Place – Amanda Enos, Rainier High School
3rd Place – Hilary O’Bryan, Astoria High School

Computer Concepts:
1st Place – Kory Schuff, Rainier High School
2nd Place – Danny Donaldson, Jewell High School
3rd Place – Dennis Petersen, Knappa High School

The North Coast Education Consortium would like to congratulate the winners and all those who participated in the conference for a job well done. And a special thank you to the great crew at the Seaside Convention Center and Oregon Fine Foods, Inc. Without them it couldn’t be done.
Please contact Erie Johnson, Regional Coordinator, North Coast Educational Consortium (503) 338-7675 if you would like more information regarding the Business Leaders of Tomorrow Skills Conference.