National Leadership Conference
Anaheim, California
June 26-29, 2002

Tuesday, June 25, 2002

Quote of the Day:

"The Leadership Academy was awesome! Mr. Booden taught us the lesson of the butterfly, and how we have to learn to spread our wings. I seriously walked away thinking about my life. The whole session really rocked!" - Kristin McAbee, Smoky Mountain High School, North Carolina

Daily Update

State Presidents were invited to a reception, sponsored by the National HOSA Executive Council.

89 State Officers took part in leadership training activities as part of HOSA Leadership Academy.

National Officer Candidates must pass a written exam of HOSA Knowledge and Parliamentary Procedure in order to qualify to run for a National Office. Those HOSA members who passed the officer exam on their dream to become a HOSA National Officer are:

• Tamira Cole (TN)
• Tiffany Davis (CA)
• Nili Goldberg (PA)
• Jennifer Jeansonne (TN)
• Adam Kilcrease (AL)
• Adam Prim (NC)
• Averill Reynolds (WV)
• Nathan Rudder (KY)
• Katherine Sigmon (KY)
• James Tyus (AR)

Lucia Martarano participates in an icebreaker at the State President's reception.

The HOSA Competitive Events Program staff is working hard to prepare for 3363 competitors in 48 competitive events. In their business meeting, a new event was approved to be piloted in 2002-03. The new event - Clinical Specialty - is a skill development event specifically for health and medical careers that are not served through existing HOSA events. The Clinical Specialty event will include career research, skill development, and work-based learning components.

In other Competitive Events news, HOSA members will want to look for significant changes in the HOSA National Recognition Program. New event guidelines will be available on this web site in September.