State Officers

Meet Fiona Strickland, your current VP of Service for the 2022-2023 year.

Fiona goes to Roseburg High School and is a freshman in highschool. Music has always been part of her life and she plays flute in band and is in choir. Fiona went to All-State Choir in 2020 and went to two Solo-Ensemble competitions for both voice and flute. She even qualified for nationals her first time competing at SBLC.

Although she isn’t sure what college she would like to attend, In the future she aspires to become a high school band director.

Daniela Valadez serves as your Vice President of Media, making this her second year as a state officer. She attends Lost River Jr/Sr High School and will be a senior this upcoming fall. Daniela has been a member of FBLA for four years, where she has gotten recognized with medals at RSC for placing in the top 5, and has placed fourth at SBLC, qualifying for NLC.

FBLA has taught her important life skills that she will use later in life and has helped her step outside of her comfort zone, making great achievements.

She is a part of the National Honors Society and Leo’s Club at her school and has a goal to graduate with honors from high school. After high school she would like to attend college and pursue a career in the medical field.

Outside of FBLA and school, Daniela enjoys baking, painting, reading, listening to music, hanging out with friends and playing board games with her brother.

This is Gabriella Simpson, she is the first ever VP of Alumni Engagement for Oregon State FBLA; she attends Helix High School and is currently a Senior. She has been a part of FBLA for four years and has served as Chapter President and currently serves as her chapters Parliamentarian.

She plans on attending Oregon State University after graduation to pursue a degree in Business Administration and a degree in Marketing and hopes to pursue the career and positions of her choosing. She has a passion for event planning and would like to someday open up her own company.

She enjoys playing sports and participating in multiple other clubs and organizations. She has been her schools Key Club Vice President for 3 years and ASB Vice President for one. She is also Letter H’ Vice President, Volleyball Captain, Basketball Captain, and Cheer Captain. This is her first year in the State Office and strives to do her very best everyday. She has loved the opportunity to enjoy all of these new experiences while gaining knowledge that will help her with her future and has made a lot of new friends along the way.