State Officers

Arthur Khamkhosy

Arthur Khamkhosy, an incoming senior and four year DECA member attending Clackamas High School and Sabin-Schellenberg Technical Center, is eager to serve as Oregon DECA’s State President. This is Arthur’s second term as State President and third term as an Association Officer. DECA has been an integral part of Arthur’s life ever since he was in middle school. As a young seventh grader, Arthur attended his first SCDC, cheering on his older sister at the Grand Awards Session. Ever since then, DECA has made a home in Arthur’s heart as an organization
that continues to foster education, relationships, and memories.

Outside of DECA, Arthur indulges in music and photography. Arthur is a member of three different choirs: Clackamas High School’s A-Choir, Portland’s Singing Christmas Tree, and Pacific Youth Choir. Arthur also finds pleasure in portrait and landscape photography, which takes him traveling around the world. In the future, Arthur hopes to pursue a career in finance or economics, with the prospect of becoming a professor in one of the two subjects.

Arthur’s favorite DECA event to compete in is the Professional Selling Event, where he placed first overall at the 2021 SCDC. Through the many conferences that DECA offers, Arthur believes that DECA provides a valuable opportunity for students to get a head-start in their careers, build life-long relationships with peers and industry professionals, and unleash their inner-potential. Arthur is honored to be re-elected as Oregon DECA’s State president and is ecstatic to take this organization to new heights!

Eli Leadham

Eli Leadham is an incoming senior, serving for the second year in a row as the DECA Chapter President at Sam Barlow High School. For Oregon DECA they are the Vice President of Career Development.

Originally Eli’s first steps in high school were in Speech and Debate competing at nationally ranked tournaments and achieving national success. In their sophomore year they took a marketing class and were introduced to their school’s recently founded DECA chapter. That same year Eli competed in Human Resources Management and Principles of Marketing at SCDC, placing third in both Roleplays. With the competitive success found at SCDC Eli then spearheaded the expansion of their chapter by taking leadership positions and networking with other Oregon DECA chapters to get Sam Barlow DECA known.

Outside of DECA, Eli is an avid user of spotify curating playlists for every occasion. They have discovered their green thumb over quarantine and have a copious amount of indoor plants. Alongside DECA Eli occupies the following leadership positions: President of Speech and Debate Club, Co-President of National Honor Society, Vice President of Key Club, and President of GSA. With Eli’s large experience and portable skills gained from DECA and Debate organizing complicated issues into easily presentable information, they plan to attend college interested in Legal Studies and Sociology.

One of Eli’s favorite parts of DECA is that it extends outside the competition, it should influence how you think and act inside and outside the organization. The name of the game is integrity, you can win and lose some competitions, but your morals and ideas will always speak for themselves. As the Vice President of Career Development, Eli aims to increase the overall preparation, participation, and performance among chapters, with emphasis on smaller chapters striving to achieve national success.