State Officers

Meet your 2026-2027 State Officer Team, Team 61!

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Ruby Marti

President

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Scarlett Brown

VP of Brand Management

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Nadia Bayer

VP of Community Service

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Dylan Ritcher

VP of Competitive Excellence

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Dia Arora

VP of Event Management

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Brady Koplitz

VP of Leadership Development

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Silas Hutchinson

VP of Membership Development

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Being a WI DECA state officer is one of the most rewarding experiences you can have as a DECA student. Help lead over 10,000 Wisconsin DECA members alongside 6 other outstanding student leaders.

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Lauren bayer

President, 2015-2016

I loved leading Team 50, they were simply the best.

brendan buhler

VP Brand Management, 2015-2016

Social media engagement is my life and so is living in NYC.

mitch mcmahon

President, 2014-2015

I loved living in the spotlight in 2015 and then driving the Weinermobile across America.

Mario Corleone

Manager

This theme does everything you could possibly want it to do and not only that, it is beautifully designed and extremely intuitive to use.

Valery Tombyer

Manager

This theme does everything you could possibly want it to do and not only that, it is beautifully designed and extremely intuitive to use.

Mario Corleone

Manager

This theme does everything you could possibly want it to do and not only that, it is beautifully designed and extremely intuitive to use.

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state officer alumni

2023-2024 Team 58

From left to right: Kate Hutchinson, Paige Gunderson, Sona Hawkins, Rebecca Tharaniyil, Emily Hartjes and Sophie Roehrborn

2024-2025 Team 59

From left to right:  Josh Bush, Gavin Denning, Sarah Bendorf, Nuha Khatri, Ashriya Rajesh, Marianna Taylor and Shaun Taylor

2025-2026 Team 60

From left to right: Victor Essoka, Natalie Halpin, Leena Rathgeber, Aanya Ranasaria (President), Olivia Thames, Melody Petersen, and Christian Polkow.

2018-2019 Team 53

From left to right: Audrey Williams, Lauren Christensen, Kaitey Crosby, Anna Michalski (President), Abigail Kruger, Mariah Lesar.

2019-2020 Team 54

From left to right: Chandler Vruwink, Max Schumacher, Jeff Ksobiech (President), Maanya Kashyap, Taylor Mancl, Julia Stoleson.

2020-2021 Team 55

From left to right: Rashmi Majjigapu, Sam Fischer, Olivia Lemanski (President), Arushi Ranasaria, Joey Kositzke, Brian Mork.

2021-2022 Team 56

From left to right: Ankit Janamanchi, Opal Sharma, Kate Fitzgerald (President), Maya Blumenthal, Grace Powell, Will Valinotti.

2022-2023 Team 57

From left to right: Taylor Peterson, Wyatt Anderson (President), Charlotte Chen, Amelia Marti, Izzy Rasmussen, Drew Russell

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