Peyton Gohl and Andrew Luce are two state officers from Team 80 (2025-2026) who are now in college pursuing degrees in education! These future educators took on leadership roles in FCCLA and will now lead their classrooms and communities for years to come. Will you be the next great leader whose journey began in FCCLA state office?
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Leaders of Michigan FCCLA
Ready to take your leadership to the next level? Use the skills and experiences you've gained through FCCLA to run for State Office. Serving as a State Officer is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on members across Michigan, strengthen your leadership, communication, and professional skills, and inspire others to do the same.
Serving as a State Officer is the highest leadership role a youth member can hold in Michigan FCCLA.
Each year at the State Leadership Conference, the association elects State Officers to serve for the following school year.
State Officers receive specialized professional development and leadership training, while learning how to advocate for themselves, their career, and CTE at a high level. State Officers represent the association, facilitate programming at conferences, and offer suggestions from a youth perspective to the program of work. With these incredible opportunities comes an increased level of responsibility; State Officers are required to attend several additional meetings and often arrive early to conferences.
FCCLA members may be a great choice for state office if they:
Possess leadership skills, professionalism and independence
Enjoy public speaking and presenting in class
Are coachable, willing to learn, and excited to grow
Are passionate about their career and/or FCCLA
Have great ideas to share, and love working as a team with others
Have a strong support system at school and at home
Candidates who are interested will undergo the candidate process, including an interview, knowledge test, prepared speech and impromptu question response. The process is rewarding whether the candidate is elected or not. If a student is not selected to move on in the State Officer Candidate process, the student and their adviser will be contacted directly by FCCLA state staff to provide details to the student regarding dismissal from the process.