Viroopa Volla
State President

Viroopa Volla is a senior at Eagan High School in Eagan, MN. Through her membership in BPA, Viroopa was the 2008 and 2009 National Champion for Economic Research Project – Individual and took 5th place in Presentation Management – Individual at the 2009 National Leadership Conference. She was also 2009 State Champion for Economic Research Project – Individual and Presentation Management – Individual. In 2008, Viroopa served as Treasurer in her Regional Team and is currently her Chapter’s President.

Outside of BPA, Viroopa serves as National Honor Society President, Science Olympiad Team Captain, and Minnesota Children’s Museum Youth Squad Leader. She usually spends her extra time listening to the American Top 40, reading science fiction novels, and watching Nova. In addition, she loves to produce, direct, and edit videos and as a result, she was invited to become a member of Eagan High School’s award winning television show, Eagan AM.

After graduating from high school, she plans to attend a four-year college. Currently she is interested in majoring in economics, chemistry, or computer science because her primary interests include pre-medicine, business, and the physical sciences. Depending on her major, she would like to continue her higher education by either pursuing an MBA or a doctorate.

 

 

Paige Borst
State EXECUTIVE VICE President

Hello my name is Paige JulieAnn Lee Borst and I am your 2009-2010 Minnesota State Executive Vice President. I was born on October 8, 1992 in Monticello, Minnesota to Jo and Gary Borst. I have one brother and one sister and I am the middle child. I Attended the Bertha-Hewitt High school in the small town of Bertha, Minnesota. I am the president of my local BPA chapter, class, prom committee, FCCLA Chapter, and speech club, just to name a few. I am also involved in over 35 extracurricular activities at my school.
I am a very laid back person who loves hanging with my friends, shopping, and watching football. I love living life to its fullest and I love a challenge. I absolutely love meeting new people and getting to know them. Many describe me as outgoing, hardworking, intelligent, and sometimes a little to talkative. I also love spur of the moment things and adventure. Some of my hobbies included playing softball, reading and my passion, dancing. I have been dancing for about 13 years now and I love it. I have also competed nationally in dance with my competition team. Outside of everything I love spending time with my family and playing catch with my younger brother. After high school I plan on going pre-med and attending medical school.
I am looking forward to meeting all of you soon. I encourage all of you to take the opportunities that you are given throughout life, because you never know where that you might end up or who you might meet. With that said, I will leave you with one of my favorite quotes by Harold R. McAlindon, “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

 

Shawn Vue
State EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Hello there! My name is Shawn Vue and I am the State Executive Secretary for Business Professionals of America. I was born in December 17, 1991 in San Diego, California. I later moved to Minnesota in 2000 and have resided in Brooklyn Center ever since. I’m the youngest in a family of 8 with 2 brothers, 3 sisters, and of course, a mom and dad. I went to Evergreen Elementary, then from there to Jackson Middle School, and to where I am currently, Champlin Park High School. GO REBELS! I am in many school clubs such as Link Crew, Multicultural Club, Peer Mediation, and Break Dance Club (my personal favorite). My favorite past time is break dancing and I am in a dance group called Rhythm Nation. I’m pretty friendly and laid back when you get to know me. I also have the greatest teacher ever, Mrs. Hable (she's my BPA advisor). I joined BPA in my senior year and prior to that, I have been elected Local and Region 4 President. I look forward to the upcoming year as State Secretary and wish the best for everything.

 

 

Richard Lu
State EXECUTIVE TREASURER

My name is Richard Lu. I was born sixteen years ago in a small town in China. I moved over to the states when I was three years old. As a child I enjoyed not only playing with my friends and doing normal kid stuff like trading Pokémon cards but was also really intrigued with business, my aunt owned a small wholesaler back in China and I’d often hear my parents talk about it over the dinner table. I knew that when I grew up I’d definitely wanted to do something related to business. During summer in grade school I’d run a little neighborhood lemonade stand with my brother to make some spare pocket money. Around that time I also started playing soccer. I’ve playing for the last ten years. Last summer I had the opportunity to coach a U10 soccer team, a great learning experience that taught me importance of good communication and patience (keeping a group of 11 nine year olds focused for more than half a minute requires divine intervention). In 6th grade I was accepted into the University of Minnesota Talented Youth Mathematics Program where I took accelerated math course at the U, which allowed me to begin calculus by the time I started high school. I moved to Plymouth a few years ago and I’m currently a junior at Wayzata High. Other being a chapter officer in BPA, I play soccer and basketball, and am on the math team. I’m a captain of an intramural basketball team that my friends and I organized: "Team Gryffindor". I also like messing around with technology and computers; I work at Best Buy as a computers sales associate, a great job that has really helped me develop good people skills and shown me the importance of teamwork. I joined BPA my sophomore year and really enjoyed the experience. It was really awesome competing, meeting new people and making it to the national leadership conference last year. When the opportunity came for me to run for state office this fall it was a no brainer. It’s a great honor to being elected to state office for such an amazing organization and I will put in my best effort to do whatever I can to serve and advance Minnesota Business Professionals of America.

 

 

Dylan Gronlund
State EXECUTIVE HISTORIAN

 

Dylan Gronlund is a senior at Sebeka High School, in Sebeka, MN. He enjoys playing sports for the high school team such as football, basketball, and baseball. Other school activities he partakes in include band, choir, Knowledge Bowl, and of course, BPA. In his local chapter, Dylan is the vice-president. He is currently employed at Sebeka Lumber Sales in Sebeka, MN. Outside of school, he enjoys watching sports, going to see movies with his friends, and just having fun. Dylan hopes to make this a memorable BPA year for everyone in Minnesota, and will continue being active in business pursuing a sports management degree in college next year at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, MN.

 

 

 

  

Daniel Wagner
State EXECUTIVE parliamentarian