North Dakota DECA
Preparing Emerging Leaders in Marketing, Management, and Entrepreneurship
EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE
Learn. Grow. Achieve.
High School Students
This is the place to start your DECA Career! We’re combining real-life experience with classroom activities to help you graduate from high school with a full resume and a headstart on your future. Take this opportunity and make it yours! Here We Go!
Get Involved
Whether you’re a member, parent, advisor, school administrator or marketing education supporter you’re in the right place to begin your ND DECA story!
College Students
See what it means to be a DECA Member and who to contact on your campus. Join the association helping young leaders interested in entrepreneurship, marketing, management, finance, or hospitality develop skills, gain experience, and launch a successful career.
High School
DECA programs exist in 24 of our high schools and career and technology centers in the state.
Alumni
Reconnect with the association that gave you so much.
College
Nine colleges and universities have a Collegiate DECA Chapter.
Educators
Classrooms led by dedicated educators are filled with students across North Dakota to learn about marketing, management, hospitality, finance and entrepreneurship.
150+ JUDGES NEEDED IN BISMARCK AND FARGO
FEBRUARY 2024 | FARGO The Collegiate DECA Career Development Conference will take place at the Fargo Holiday Inn Convention Center February 21 and 22.
MARCH 2024 | BISMARCK The 71st North Dakota State DECA Conference will be held in Bismarck at the Radisson Hotel, downtown. More than 500 high school students are expected to attend the conference, competing in 50 competitive event categories.
Student projects may be judged in a virtual setting from March 3-5.
In-person student presentations will be held on Monday, March 4, 2024 in Bismarck, North Dakota at the Radisson Hotel.
Our Mission & Vision
North Dakota DECA was chartered in 1953 and was organized around one ambition goal: to improve educational and career opportunities for students.
In the years since its formation, DECA has remained on the cutting edge of educational innovation and has become nationally known for integrating academic achievement with vocational skills and creating linkages with the business community.
Over time, the needs of our membership have changed and we have changed to meet them. The fundamental reasons we formed remain at our core: first, effective marketing education gives young people the tools and aptitudes they need to pursue their dreams, and second, marketing education works best when it’s part of an integrated education program.
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs
for careers in marketing,
finance, hospitality and management
in high schools and colleges in
North Dakota and across the Globe.
Featured
Meet ND DECA
Members, Advisors, and Alumni are the lifeblood of ND DECA which is why we want you to meet them! Here are just a few of those who make DECA what it is.
Charmaine Haas
3rd Year Member
Meet Charmain Haas, a third-year DECA Member at Napoleon High School! Her favorite color is purple and her favorite candy is Life Savers. Her dream job is being a graphic designer.
Her favorite experience so far was competing at ICDC in 2018.
Creighton Pfau
2nd Year Member
Meet Creighton, a Senior at Mayville State Univeristy. His favorite color is yellow and he is a lover of butterfingers. Creighton's dream job is to be a hospitalist! His favorite DECA Experience so far is attending ICDC in Orlando.
Mr. Ricardo Pierre-Louis
Advisor
Ricardo Pierre-Louis is a third-year teacher and a second-year advisor for DECA at Bismarck High School. Ricardo’s favorite color is red, and his favorite restaurant is Longhorn Steak House. His favorite DECA experience was attending his first ICDC in Orlando, Florida. He said, “I like the rewarding factors that students receive. Any student who joins DECA, no matter what his or her professional aspirations, will learn valuable skills that can be used in every part of life and in every career field.”
Andrew Young
Alumni
Andrew Young is the Creative Director at Abovo. Andrew went to college at NDSU and served as a state DECA collegiate officer. When asked how his experiences in DECA helped with his career path he said, "Attending and participating in events with judges were working in the career path, or similar career paths, in which I wanted to be on. Having their insight and feedback was incredible. Additionally, exposure to them simply for networking was equally as valuable."
2023-2024
We’re kicking off 2024 in North Dakota DECA with big wins at the International Level in Virtual Business Challenge, Stock Market Game and the Case Study Virtual Event!
ND Members are achieving goals, winning awards, and being recognized for their leadership skills in their communities. Competition practice will soon be underway and Career Development Conference is right around the corner.
Next Steps
Lots of Ways to Get Involved.
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Supported By
Business partners are important to the success of North Dakota DECA. Business partners continue to support DECA and provide opportunities in leadership development, entrepreneurship, competition, and other areas that benefit youth. DECA has developed continued partnerships with many businesses in the state.
Important Dates
UPCOMING CONFERENCES:
HIGH SCHOOL
Fall Leadership Conference | October 29-30, 2023
Career Development Conference | March 3-5, 2024
International Career Development Conference | April 27-30, 2024
COLLEGIATE
Fall Leadership Conference | October 31-November 1, 2023
State Career Development Conference | February 21-22, 2024
International Career Development Conference | April 20-23, 2024