Chapter leadership
Six students run this chapter. They plan the meetings, organize the projects, prepare members for competition, and represent Lafayette at every conference.
The officer team
The president leads the chapter. Each vice president owns one area of it, either career development, finance, hospitality, leadership, or marketing, and answers for the work that gets done there.
Isabelle Dinh
Eric Nunez
Vladimir Bagdasarian
Jiya Sheth
Mady Dinh
Charlie Reed
You do not need a title to run something
Every vice president builds a team of members around their area through the year. That is how most of our officers got started, and it is open to any member.
Pick an area
Choose career development, finance, hospitality, leadership, or marketing, whichever one you would actually want to spend your time on.
Ask the vice president
Tell the vice president who owns that area that you want in. There is no application and no vote, because each of them builds their own team.
Run it next year
Officer applications open every spring, and the members who have already done the work are the ones who win them.
Chapter advisors
Two Business and Marketing instructors advise the chapter alongside the officer team.
Mr. Hoertz
Chapter advisor · Business and Marketing
Membership, dues, competitive events, and conference travel go through Mr. Hoertz. Email him with anything at all, including whether DECA is worth your time. He would rather you asked than guessed.
Mr. Hackman
Chapter advisor · Business and Marketing, Engineering Technology
Mr. Hackman rejoins the chapter as an advisor this year after time away from advising. He also teaches Engineering Technology, so if your competitive event sits closer to product design or operations than to marketing, start with him.
Start by joining a vice president's team.
Every one of these students began as a first-year member who came to a meeting. Talk to the vice president whose area interests you and tell them you want to work on it.