The Next Gen of FM, The Facilithon is a SkillsUSA Student Competition created to Connect Students, Educators and Industry toward careers in Facility Management. Our grass-roots team of volunteers has spread The Facilithon movement to Florida, Virginia, Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts and California with new active teams operating in additional states. Founded in October 2014 as a start-up by IFMA fellow Peggy McCarthy & entrepreneur James Zirbel, the FM Pipeline team asked a simple question. "Is anyone talking to the next generation of FM and if so, how can we replicate and scale a successful method it so it makes a BIG impact, beyond that of a bake-sale?" Today, that answer is a resounding yes, through The Facilithon program's SkillsUSA partnership. SkillsUSA is a Career Technical Student Organization that revolves around technical skills. At 435,000 members, its America's fastest-growing CTSO. SkillsUSA is already a dominant voice in this space, developing technically-oriented students from unmotivated kids to focused and highly-skilled graduates who know where they're headed, the built environment. Created as a direct manner to share the facility management/property management/maintenance director career fields with the next generation, The Facilithon represents the well head to the giant lake of students with incredible FM attributes, just waiting to become the NEXT GEN OF FM.