If you are interested in joining, please e-mail us and we will let you know when and where the best time for you to pay dues is. The FBLA concept was developed in 1937 by Dr. Hamden L. Forkner of Columbia University. The first high school chapter was chartered in Johnson City, Tennessee, February 3, 1942. A post-secondary division, Phi Beta Lambda, was created in 1958 and a Middl e Level division of FBLA was established July 1994. Structure Membership in PBL is unified on the local, state, and national levels.
Local chapters operate with the guidance of a chapter adviser.
FBLA-PBL has over 250,000 active members in more than 13,000 chartered chapters throughout the United States, its terri tories, the Pacific, Asia and Europe. Creed I believe education is the right of every person. I believe the future depends on mutual understanding and cooperation among business, industry, labor, religious, family, and educational institutions, as well as people around the world. I agree to do my utmost to bring about understanding and cooperatio n among all these groups. I believe every person should prepare for a useful occupation and carry on that occupation in a manner that brings the greatest good to the greatest number.