While much of the focus is in business and marketing, as you will see below DECA is highly beneficial to students in a wide array of career fields. This page highlights the many successes and variety of career paths of some of our fantastic LHHS DECA alumni!
Autumn (Springer) Crawford--Class of 2008--Registered Nurse
Richard Cruder--Class of 2008--Manager, In-Flight Operations at Southwest Airlines
Zach Dewhurst--Class of 2008--Serial Entrepreneur/Founder of Brilliant Promoting, Columbus Promos,
Creative Customizing, and PrintPhase; and Independent Consultant at DECO Network
Kelsey Bogner--Class of 2009--Owner of Knife and Fork Farms
Jamie Finan--Class of 2009--US Air National Guard
Katherine Fouras--Class of 2009--Pharmacy Technician at Ohio Health
Sadie (Bantner) Gunn--Class of 2009--Registered Nurse at OSU Wexner Medical Center
Ashley (Hatcher) Doherty--Class of 2009--Senior Clinical Research Coordinator at OSU Wexner Medical Center
Derek Lee--Class of 2009--Managing Partner at Go Geese Go
Matt McClellan--Class of 2009--Owner of Forever Games
Summer (McGowan) Stiffler--Class of 2009--Corporate Recruiter at RDA Hotel Management
Wil Ziklo--Class of 2009--General Manager at Residence Inn, Easton
Peter Jeffey--Class of 2010--Football Program Assistant at College of Wooster
Sara Goff--Class of 2011--Insurance Agent, State Farm
Vlade Necovski--Class of 2011--Owner of Delayed Gratification Records
and Client Support Representative at Foundation Software
Michael Wander--Class of 2011--Sales Specialist at The Men's Wearhouse
Tenny Adebayo--Class of 2012--DLC Coordinator at Mars Inc.
Kailee (Stevens) Bowman--Class of 2012--Healthcare Recruiter at Aya Healthcare
Jordan Dewhurst--Class of 2012--Sr. Manager of Provider Implementations at Rhyne
Gabrielle (Palombaro) Ford--Class of 2012--ELA Teacher
Sebrina (Herndon) Finley--Class of 2012--Registered Nurse at Riverside Methodist Hospital
Alisa Malone--Class of 2012--Registered Nurse at James Cancer Hospital, OSU Wexner Medical Center
and Owner of Asteya Shots Photography
Tim Ney--Class of 2012--Owner of TNT Landscaping
Farhiya Abdi Abdul-Qaadir--Class of 2013--Franklin Co. Board of Commissioners
Madison Craft--Class of 2013--Technical Recruiter at TEKsystems
Mackenzie (Hillier) Cruey--Class of 2013--Quality Outreach Coordinator at Nationwide Insurance
Becca Frailey--Class of 2013--Registered Nurse at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Hope Gunn--Class of 2013--Project Controls Analyst at NEw River Electical Corp.
Samantha (Hook) Hairston--Class of 2013--Owner, Photographer, & Model of Emerald Rose Photography
Ashley Konich--Class of 2013--Treasury Management Sales Specialist at Huntington National Bank
Tricia Nagy--Class of 2013--Administrator at Apex Systems Consulting Agency
Katie (Kenney) Rist--Class of 2013--Registered Nurse, Surgical Trauma ICU at Ohio Health
Kayley (Weekley) Starcher--Class of 2013--Marketing Associate at Tabor Mortgage Group, Mount Pleasant, SC
Alyssa (Antauer) Thompson--Class of 2013--Human Resources Specialist at KDC Columbus
Jovana Vladicic--Class of 2013--Clinical Bioinformatics Analyst at Foundation Medicine, Boston, MA
Courtney Ward--Class of 2013--Manager of Communications & Events at Quality Supply Chain Cooperative
Cassady (Cochrum) Williams--Class of 2013--Data Analyst at Trellance
Kelsey Powell--Class of 2014--JP Morgan Chase
Daliya Rozman--Class of 2014--Realtor at Coldwell Banker
Myrissa Stalter--Class of 2014--Senior Account Executive, NaviSync LLC
Zoey Boehm--Class of 2015--General Manager, T-Mobile Authorized Retailer
Michkayla Edmondson, Juris Doctor--Class of 2015--Attorney, Yanas and Philabaum LLC
Heather Antauer--Class of 2016--Stylist at Nurtur The Salon
Joel Bagley--Class of 2016--Business Operations Specialist at HALO
Cameron Christian--Class of 2016--Sales Associate at Rogue Fitness
Zane Estep--Class of 2016--Information Technology Specialist at Big Lots
Destinee Green--Class of 2016--Sr. Site Merchandiser for Toys at Target, Minneapolis, MN
Nate Hasson--Class of 2016--Owner of Emory's LTD
Josh Jamison--Class of 2016--Senior Sales Manager at The Men's Wearhouse
Kevin Jones--Class of 2016--CEO of KJ Management and COO of Central Ohio Young Black Democrats
Justin Wand--Class of 2016--Physical Education Teacher at Licking Heights High School
Brooklynn Janks--Class of 2017--Logistics Support Coordinator at NetJets
Ja'Lan Walker--Class of 2017--Investigator, Franklin Co. Job & Family Svcs, Columbus, OH
Michael "Gibby" GIbson--Class of 2018--US Army
Randy Mbouge--Class of 2018--Motivational Speaker and Realtor at Keller Williams, Katy, TX
Teagan Lee--Class of 2020--Chef at Royal Gorge Route Railroad, Colorado Springs, CO
Hunter Mahl--Class of 2020--Founder of Greensweeper
Glenn Korenteng--Class of 2020--Software Engineer at Develop for Good, New York, NY
Great Work Hornets!
