Leadership

Samantha Knappen

BAPS Foundation Manager

contact@bapsfoundation.org 

Charla Lane – President

Brett James – Vice President
Edward Jones

Andrew Havens – Treasurer
Security Bank

Liz Burns – Secretary
Retired BAPS Principal

Jeni Dolan – Past President
Operation Aware

Evan Anderson
Connect Advisors

Casey Burnside
Justicelink

Frankie Catlett – Past President
Walmart

Kimberley Collins
Public Service Company of Oklahoma

Matt Condry
Arvest Bank

Jenny Cothran
Zeeco

Amber Edwards
Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC

Michelle Everett
Secret Gardens Candle Co.

Rachel Gahagan
First National Bank & Trust Broken Arrow

Hazel Koehler
Retired BAPS Teacher

Katie Merillat
Merillat Consulting LLC

Kevin Moberg
YETI

Coy Nesbit
TTCU Federal Credit Union

Greer Nichols
Retired BAPS Teacher

Russell D. Peterson
Attorney

David Pickel
Brightway Insurance

Leslie Purcell
Former BAPS Teacher

Gina Shumard
Cherokee Nation Business

Georgia Steele
Retired TTCU Federal Credit Union

Jane York
Oklahoma PTA State Director

Debra Wimpee – Associate Director
Mayor of The City of Broken Arrow

Chuck Perry- Superintendent of Schools 
Broken Arrow Public Schools
Advisory Director

Tara Thompson – Chief Communications Officer
Broken Arrow Public Schools
Advisory Director

Sarah Wallace
BAEA President
Advisory Member

Delbert Frieze
Retired Attorney
Advisory Member

Karen Lawless
First Methodist Church of Broken Arrow
Advisory Member

Jason Martin
Manhattan Construction
Advisory Member