We are South Forsyth DECA, the second largest DECA chapter in the world! Established in 1997, we’ve grown to offer a vast variety of opportunities for our 1300+ members. Our students put their marketing skills to the test by consulting with local businesses, completing internships, engaging in community service projects, and competing against marketing students from around the world.
DECA’s competitive events program directly supports our mission. As an integral part of the classroom curriculum, DECA’s industry-validated competitive events are aligned with the National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism. DECA's flagship evaluation process involves students in both a written component such as an exam or report and an interactive component with an industry professional serving as a judge. DECA’s competitive events directly contribute to every student being college and career ready when they graduate from high school. Students compete at the regional, state, and international levels.
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Meet the team
Julia Bradley
Chapter President
Pathway: Fashion Merchandising and Buying
Notable Award:
1st in Civic Consciousness Project at State
Job Description:
Oversees officer team and serves as the representative for the chapter.
Nick Torchia
Executive Vice President
Pathway: Marketing Management
Notable Award:
Needed*
Job Description:
Assists president with supporting officers,leads Street Team, and plans special events.
Lauren Sebestyen
VP of Community Service
Pathway: Fashion Merchandising and Buying
Notable Award:
2nd in Buying and Merchandising
Job Description:
Plans and organizes all community service projects for the chapter.
Tanvi Reddy
Co-VP of Membership
Pathway: Fashion Merchandising and Buying
Notable Award:
3rd in Sales Project & IMC Service at State
Job Description:
Handles chapter membership and membership achievement awards.
Praneet Venigalla
Co-VP of Membership
Pathway: Marketing Management
Notable Award:
4th in IMC Product at State
Job Description:
Handles chapter membership and membership achievement awards.
Lauren Jones
Co-VP of Community Engagement
Pathway: Promotions/ Fashion Merchandising
Notable Award:
2nd in Region in Hotel and Lodging Management
Job Description:
Maintains contact with business partnerships and serves as a representative at advisory board meetings.
Bella Fether
Co-VP of Community Engagement
Pathway: Marketing Management
Notable Award:
4th in Individual Entrepreneurship at ICDC
Job Description:
Maintains contact with business partnerships and serves as a representative at advisory board meetings.
Lindsey Isenberg
VP of Chapter Meetings
Pathway: Fashion Merchandising and Buying
Notable Award:
2nd Entrepreneurship Promotion Project at State
Job Description:
Organizes and schedules monthly meetings and creates meeting power-points.
Sejal Khanna
Co-VP of Competition
Pathway: Marketing Communications & Promotions
Notable Award:
3rd in Sales Project and IMC Service at State
Job Description:
Prepares competitors all year for success at region, state, and ICDC.
Audrey Hui
Co-VP of Competition
Pathway: Marketing Communications & Promotions
Notable Award:
1st in Professional Selling at State
Job Description:
Prepares competitors all year for success at region, state, and ICDC.
Ethan Barlag
VP of Transitions
Pathway: Marketing Management
Notable Award:
5th in Business Growth Plan at State
Job Description:
Helps freshmen members and new competitors get involved within the chapter.
Hailey Brakke
VP of Publicity
Pathway: Marketing Communications & Promotions
Notable Award:
1st in Hotel and Lodging Management at Region
Job Description:
Takes pictures and makes promotions for all chapter events and competition.
Ashley Park
VP of Digital Media
Pathway: Marketing Communications & Promotions
Notable Award:
2nd in Career Development Project at State
Job Description:
Maintains website, designs logo materials, runs chapter social media pages, and keeps students and parents updated.
Meet the Advisors
Katie Urbanovitch
Marketing Communications and Promotions/ Fashion Merchandising and Buying
Chasidy Shadburn
Marketing Communications and Promotions/ Fashion Merchandising and Buying
Kristy
Heath
Marketing Management
Seth
Hutchinson
Sports and Entertainment Marketing
Our pathways
The Marketing Education Program is designed to prepare students for post secondary education in marketing, management, and entrepreneurship. The Marketing Pathways are sets of three classes each that focus students on specific areas of the marketing field. All marketing students are required to take Marketing Principles as a prerequisite to the second course in each pathway. Students develop knowledge and skills in the foundational areas of marketing (economics, human relations and business basics) and the functional areas of marketing (product and service planning, marketing-information management, pricing, selling, promotion, market planning, and channel management), as well as in international marketing, management, and entrepreneurship. The Marketing program at SFHS is Industry Certified by the Sales and Marketing Executives as well as the American Marketing Association (AMA).
Sports and Entertainment Marketing
Marketing
Principles
Intro to Sports and Entertainment Marketing
Advanced Sports and Entertainment Marketing
Fashion Merchandising and Buying
Marketing
Principles
Intro to Fashion, Merchandising, and Retailing Essentials
Advanced Fashion, Merchanding, and Retailing
Marketing Management
Marketing
Principles
Marketing and
Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Management
Marketing Communications and Promotions
Marketing
Principles
Promotion and
Professional Sales
Marketing
Communications
Essentials
August 2nd
August 2nd
Competition sign up deadline
September Chapter meeting
August 2nd
August 2nd
August 2nd
Room sign up and State meeting
State permission slips and payments due
August 2nd
State CDC meeting
28-30: State CDC
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