2024–2025 SkillsUSA Massachusetts Advisors’ Handbook Chapter 3: SkillsUSA Massachusetts Operations • 41 History 2012 The SkillsUSA Massachusetts State Leadership & Skills Conference featuring the Massachusetts SkillsUSA Championships was again hosted by Blackstone Valley RVTHS. The Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center in Marlborough served as the host hotel for the ninth consecutive year. 2012 saw the introduction of Community Action Project, Mobile Robotics Technology, and Screen Printing Technology as limited demonstration contests. The 48th annual National Leadership & Skills Confer- ence featuring the SkillsUSA Championships was held in Kansas City, MO. SkillsUSA Massachusetts brought home 51 National Medals and 112 Skill Point Certificates. The confer- ence also saw SkillsUSA Massachusetts successfully run its fourteenth candidate for National Office. Kaila O’Farrell, a student in the electrical program at Plymouth South High School ran for and was elected to the position of National Region I Vice President, making her the eleventh National Officer from Massachusetts. Massachusetts saw its membership reach an all time high with total membership of 31,383, consisting of 28,765 high school members, 354 post-secondary/college members, 916 professional members, and 1,348 alumni and honorary life members. These numbers garnered SkillsUSA Massa- chusetts the highest membership total in the nation. 2013 The SkillsUSA Massachusetts State Leadership & Skills Conference featuring the Massachusetts SkillsUSA Championships was again hosted by Blackstone Valley RVTHS. The Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center in Marlborough served as the host hotel for the ninth consecutive year. 2013 saw the introduction of Medical Math and Urban Search and Rescue as limited demonstration contests. The 49th annual National Leadership & Skills Confer- ence featuring the SkillsUSA Championships was held in Kansas City, MO. SkillsUSA Massachusetts brought home 56 National Medals (19 gold, 9 silver & 28 bronze) and 17 Presi- dent’s Volunteer Service Awards (6 gold, 3 silver & 8 bronze) Skill Point Certificates. The conference also saw SkillsUSA Massachusetts successfully run its fifteenth candidate for National Office. Brittany Velez, a student in the dental assisting program at Montachusett Regional Technical High School ran for and was elected to the position of National National High School Secretary, making her the twelfth National Officer from Massachusetts. Massachusetts saw its membership reach an all time high with total membership of 31,720, consisting of 28,730 high school members, 284 post-secondary/college members, 978 professional members, and 1,718 alumni & honorary life members. These numbers garnered SkillsUSA Massachu- setts the highest membership total in the nation. 2014 The SkillsUSA Massachu- setts State Leadership & Skills Conference featuring the Massachusetts SkillsUSA Championships was again hosted by Blackstone Valley RVTHS. The Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center in Marlborough served as the host hotel for the ninth consecutive year. 2014 saw the introduction of Telecommunications Cabling and Sustainability Solutions as limited demon- stration contests. The 50th annual National Leadership & Skills Confer- ence featuring the SkillsUSA Championships was held in Kansas City, MO. SkillsUSA Massachusetts brought home 60 National Medals (17 gold, 28 silver & 15 bronze) and 21 Presi- dent’s Volunteer Service Awards (13 gold, 2 silver & 6 bronze) Skill Point Certificates. The conference also saw SkillsUSA Massachusetts successfully run its sixteeth candidate for National Office. Taylor Mackie, a student in the design and visual communications program at Southeastern Regional Technical High School ran for and was elected to the posi- tion of National Region I Vice President, making her the thirteenth National Officer from Massachusetts. Massachusetts saw its membership reach an all time high with total membership of 32,887, consisting of 29,378 high school members, 313 post-secondary/college members, 1123 professional members, and 2,063 alumni and honorary life members. These numbers garnered SkillsUSA Massachu- setts the highest membership total in the nation. 2015 The SkillsUSA Massachusetts State Leadership & Skills Conference featuring the Massachusetts SkillsUSA Championships was again hosted by Blackstone Valley RTHS and Joseph P. Keefe Technical HS (due to the growth of the competition . The Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center in Marl- borough served as the host hotel for the tenth consecutive year. 2015 saw the introduction of Additive Manufacturing as limited demonstration contests. Sheila A. Herbert, former Superintendent of Greater Lowell RTHS was honored for 40 years of service to our state asso- ciation. Honorary Life Memberships were conferred on; Brian Bentley, Assistant Superintendent/Principal, Diman RTHS, Kathy Conole, Former Director of Currriculum at Greater Lowell RTHS, Willian DeRosa, Superintendent at Whittier RTHS, James Laverty, Superintendent, Franklin County RTHS and Diane Paradis, Director, Lynn Vocational Technical Institute. The 51st annual National Leadership & Skills Confer- ence featuring the SkillsUSA Championships was held in Louisville, KY. SkillsUSA Massachusetts brought home 41 National Medals (20 gold, 4 silver & 17 bronze) and 21 Presi- dent’s Volunteer Service Awards (11 gold, 4 silver & 6 bronze) Skill Point Certificates. The conference also saw SkillsUSA Massachusetts successfully run its sixteeth candidate for National Office. Samantha Dorwin, a student in the Machine Technology program at McCann Technical School ran for Kaila O’Farrell Brittany Velez Taylor Mackie Samantha Dorwin
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