Kansas Future Business Leaders of America

future business leaders of america is a nonprofit educational association of students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields. the fbla concept was developed in 1937 by dr. hamden l. forkner of columbia university. in the fall of 1940, official sponsorship of fbla was accepted by the national council for business education: on february 3, 1942, the first high school chapter was chartered in johnson city, tennessee. more than 240,000 active members participate in more than 13,000 chartered chapter in 50 states, the district of columbia, puerto rico, the virgin islands, u.s. territories, canada and department of defense dependent schools worldwide.