DECA Inc. (Distributive Education Clubs of America) is pleased to announce the

re-election of John Stiles to the DECA Inc. Board of Directors. The International Board of Directors governs DECA Inc. High School and Collegiate programs and policy in all fifty states and nine countries, spanning membership of over 234,000 members in 5,000 classrooms in 3,500 schools across the world who are preparing for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, management, and entrepreneurship. Stiles begins his second

three-year term on the 12-member Board of Directors on July 1st. He remains the organization's youngest director in its 75+ year history and the first director from the State of Montana.

Stiles, an alumnus of Montana State University Jake Jabbs College of Business and Entrepreneurship and Bozeman High School, has served as the State Director of Montana DECA since 2015, leading the Chartered Association to record membership, participation and impact. Throughout his tenure, Stiles has served the DECA organization as a State Officer, National Executive Officer, and is currently an officer of the DECA Inc. Board of Directors.

DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. DECA enhances the preparation for college and careers by providing co-curricular programs that integrate into classroom instruction, apply learning, connect to business and promote competition. For more information about DECA, please visit us at deca.org.

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