Bay Section Leadership Conference

The Bay Section Leadership Conference Registration Guide will be available on December 1, 2025!

Compete head-to-head with your fellow FBLA members from the Bay Section. This is the first level of FBLA competitions in 2026, and your opportunity to be recognized in FBLA competitive events and advance to the State Leadership Conference in April!

Dougherty Valley High School FBLA and your Bay Section Executive Board are the hosts for the 2026 conference, and they will have an exciting conference planned for you! Elect section officers, conduct section business, network, and compete with us at the Bay Section Leadership Conference at Dougherty Valley High School on Saturday, February 7, 2026!

February 7, 2026

Dougherty Valley High School

Bay Section Officer Candidate Guidelines
  • All Bay Section officer applicants and their Primary Chapter Adviser will be interviewed by the current Bay Section Executive Board.
  • The Bay Section Executive Board will determine which applicants will be selected as candidates and approved to campaign at the Bay Section Leadership Conference.  
  • Bay Section Officer positions and duties will be determined by the Bay Section Adviser.
  • Candidates for a Bay Section Office position shall be elected by a majority vote of the voting delegates of each chapter at the Bay Section Leadership Conference.
  • Specific instructions and regulations for conducting campaigns at the Bay Section Leadership Conference, and for electing Bay Section Officers will be established in accordance with the Bay Section By-laws and communicated to approved candidates by the Bay Section Adviser.
  • There will be a caucusing session scheduled during the Bay Section Leadership Conference for voting delegates.  Each candidate will have a specified amount of time in which to state his/her platform and answer questions from the audience.
  • Elections will be held at a special voting delegate session at the Bay Section Leadership Conference, and results will be announced at the awards session. Candidates for office may not be present during the voting session, nor may they serve as voting delegates for their local chapter.
  • There may be no more than three elected section officers representing one chapter in any one year. One or more must resign in the order stated in the section bylaws.
  • If an office is not filled at the Bay Section Leadership Conference, the position may be filled by appointment or special election as provided for in the section bylaws.
  • A member who is elected to a Section office, other than president, may apply for a state officer position. If the member is elected to a state office, they must resign the section position, and the section position shall be filled by appointment.
  • To apply, download the application from the link above. Complete all parts of the application, make sure you get all the signatures, approvals, and promises of support, then gather the other required documents and combine them into one PDF and email them to Mr. Logie at baydirector@cafbla.org

2025-2026 Bay Section Executive Board

President: Vincent Wang, Homestead HS
Vice President of Outreach: Ahaana Baheti, Silver Creek HS
Vice President of Activities:  Sravika Nemani, Homestead HS
Secretary/Treasurer: Vaishnavi Polavarapu, Irvington HS

Public Relations Officer:  Stefanie da Cruz, Irvington HS
Parliamentarian: Arhan Chakravarthy, Homestead HS
Leadership Associate:  Jolene Luong, Homestead HS
Bay Section Director: Mr. Graeme Logie, Homestead HS

Resources

Chapter Links

Branham High School

Cupertino High School

Cupertino Middle School

Dougherty Valley High School

Fremont High School

Heritage High School

Homestead High School

Irvington High School

Los Gatos High School

Lynbrook High School

Monta Vista High School

Silver Creek High School

Sunnyvale Middle School

Westmoor High School

Compete with the best of the best in the Bay Section