Prior to HOSA, North Carolina students participated in VICA. When the Health Occupations Education program grew, the NC HOE supervisor decided to start a new organization for those students interested in the health care field. Health Careers Clubs of North Carolina was organized in 1973. On November 4-7, 1975, through the leadership of the State Department of Education and Division of Vocational Education in New Jersey, eighteen representatives from all six states having statewide health occupations education student organizations met to plan a national leadership organization. Representatives (state officers and state HOE supervisors from the six states which included Alabama, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Texas) voted to form the American Health Occupations Education Student OrganizationAHOESO (later changed to HOSA). The Inn of the Six Flags in Arlington, Texas, was the site of the exciting Constitutional Convention held November 10-13, 1976 and attended by 384 persons including delegates and advisors from the six states having organized state associations and interested persons from twelve other states. The Convention provided a formal structure for the new student organization. Crucial elements of the organization were formalized. • The name was shortened to "Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)" and bylaws were adopted. • The first set of national officers was elected. Lynne McGee of North Carolina was the first National HOSA President. • National HOSA colors were selected: maroon, medical white, and navy blue, which prevail today. The first National Leadership Conference for HOSA was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 27-30, 1978. The second National Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) conference was held June 26-July 1, 1979, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The third National Conference in Asheville, North Carolina, July 8-12, 1980. The first national HOSA Headquarters was located in Raleigh, North Carolina (November 1976 through spring 1978). After over 20 years of hosting the State Leadership Conference in Greensboro, NC, Charlotte become the new site for SLC 2019. In 2020 the world experienced an unprecedented event called COVID 19 which resulted in a pandemic. Due to COVID, SLC 2020 and 2021 had to be held virtually. In 2022 SLC was able to return to an in person event in Greensboro, NC where it remains today.
Past North Carolina HOSA State Presidents
2025-2026 Aanandi Thakur UNC – Chapel Hill
2024-2025 Abby Epperson Mount Airy High School
2023-2024 Samantha Kamineni Enloe High School
2022-2023 Nicholas Ballard Enloe High School
2021-2022 Shiva Gadireddy Cox Mill High School
2020-2021 Nihar Thakkar Green Hope High School
2019-2020 Anna Feng Enloe High School
2018-2019 Rachel Shepherd West Wilkes High School
2017-2018 Hannah Tuckman South Mecklenburg High School
2016-2017 Arjun Keshava Wake Early College of Health and Sciences
2015-2016 Ashley Hall Gates County High School
2014-2015 Serena Mooney South Central High School
2013-2014 William Johnson Topsail High School
2012-2013 Jin Zhang North Carolina School of Science and Math
2011-2012 Hallie Bannish Newton Conover High School
2010-2011 Jassmin Smith Westover High School
2009-2010 Jennifer Zhu North Carolina School of Science and Math
2008-2009 Claire Lucas Mooresville High School
2007-2008 Brittany Long Cherokee High School
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2005-2006 Long Tonthat Mooresville High School
2004-2005 Ashley Witherspoon Berry Academy of Technology
2003-2004 Leah Broadhurst Highland School of Technology
2002-2003 Lauren Sheldon Central Cabarrus High School
2001-2002 Adam Prim Forbush High School
2000-2001 Monica High Independence High School
1999-2000 Michael Donadio Smoky Mountain High School
1998-1999 Ashley Myers Starmount High School
1997-1998 Brandy Chappell North Surry High School
1996-1997 Angel Jones Warren County High School
1995-1996 Mitch Shores Surry Central High School
1994-1995 Beth Lloyd Thomasville High School
1993-1994 Jennifer Rogerson Northeastern High School
1992-1993 Monica Watson South Caldwell High School
1991-1992 Yvaal Valery Roanoke Rapids High School
1990-1991 Ginger Bell South Caldwell High School
1989-1990 Lawanda Worsham South Caldwell High School
1988-1989 Mark VanDam Roanoke Rapids High School
1987-1988 Jimonique Simpson EE Smith High School
1986-1987 Breta Stroud South Lenoir High School
1985-1986 Beau Gilliland Tuscola High School
1984-1985 Ufuk Tukel Alexander Central High School
1983-1984 Keith Register New Hanover High School
1982-1983 Kim Long New Hanover High School
1981-1982 Vicki Godbold New Hanover High School
1980-1981 Chris Dolan New Hanover High School
1979-1980 Danny Weston East Duplin High School
1978-1979 Judy Smith Kinston High School
1977-1978 Denise Clawson Watauga High School
1976-1977 Lynne McGee Brevard High School