Dr. Jarod Mendenhall
Superintendent of Schools
E-mail: jmendenhall@baschools.org 
Administrative Assistant - Jan Shanahan

Dr. Mendenhall graduated from Enid High School in 1986,  and earned Bachelor of Science degree in Education (1991) and his Master of Science degree in Public School Administration (1997) from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. Dr. Mendenhall received his Doctorate degree in Education Leadership (2010) from Oral Roberts University.

Dr. Mendenhall has been in education since 1991, the year he launched his career as a history teacher and coach at Sapulpa Public Schools. He continued his career in the classroom as a teacher and coach at Union Public Schools until 1997 when he started his administrative career in Bartlesville Public Schools. He then returned to Union, and in 2003 was named the executive director for curriculum design and school improvement for Broken Arrow Public Schools. Mendenhall later returned to Union Public Schools to serve as the assistant superintendent for support services for another six years before being appointed the Superintendent of Broken Arrow Public School in 2010.

Dr. Mendenhall has served in many organizations throughout the state of Oklahoma including the Oklahoma Association of School Administrators (OASA), the Cooperative Council of Oklahoma School Administrators (CCOSA), and the United Suburban Schools Association of Oklahoma (USSA). Dr. Mendenhall is currently serving as the chairman of the Tulsa Council of Area School Administrators (TCASA) and has served as the vice president of the Northeastern State University Administrator Alumni Association. He has been married for 22 years to Janna Mendenhall, who is also a career educator and serves as an elementary special education teacher. Dr. and Mrs. Mendenhall have two daughters, Jessica and Allie.

Amy Fichtner
Assistant Superintendent
E-mail: afichtner@baschools.org 
Administrative Assistant - Debbie Hill

Amy Fichtner earned her Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education from Northeastern State University in 1996, her Masters in Educational Leadership from Southern Nazarene University in 1999, and is currently a doctoral student at the University of Oklahoma. She has been an employee of Broken Arrow Public Schools since the early 1990s serving as a counseling assistant, elementary teacher, and middle school social studies teacher. Fichtner served as both an assistant principal and principal at Centennial Middle School from 2002 to 2010. She was honored to be chosen by her peers as the Teacher of the Year at Arrowhead Elementary and Oliver Middle School. Fichtner and her husband, Wendell, have two children, Kyle and Katie, who currently serve in the United States Army.

Michelle Bergwall
Chief Operations Officer
E-mail: mdbergwall@baschools.org 
Administrative Assistant - Marsha Janey

Michelle Bergwall graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1996 with a Bachelors of Science in Construction Management. She spent nine years of her career working for a large construction management firm that built Kendall Whittier Elementary, Union Public Schools’ UMAC, a Liberty Bank addition, and tenant finish-outs at Utica Square. She was then hired by Union Public Schools and served as the Owner’s Representative for seven years. During her time at Union, Bergwall handled many capital improvement projects, oversaw the construction of Rosa Parks and Jefferson Elementary schools, and coordinated numerous renovations and additions to school buildings. For over a year now, Bergwall has been the Chief Operating Officer for Broken Arrow Public Schools. She and her husband, Matthew, a National Accounts Manager for a major IT consulting firm, have two children who attend Broken Arrow Schools.

Dr. Janet Dunlop
Chief Academic Officer
E-mail: jcdunlop@baschools.org 
Administrative Assistant - Melissa Addison

Dr. Janet Dunlop, an educator since 1991, began her career in education as an English and yearbook teacher at both the middle and high school levels. A graduate of Oklahoma State University, Dunlop earned a bachelor’s degree in English education, a master’s degree in school administration, and a Ph.D. in curriculum leadership and social foundations.  

Prior to joining Broken Arrow Public Schools as the Executive Director of Curriculum, Dr. Dunlop was a high school academic assistant principal, taught teacher education for Oklahoma State University and supervised resident year and student teachers in the Tulsa area. In addition to her administrative work, Dunlop publishes in educational journals, and has published a book based on her doctoral research, Mixed Messages: Media, Education, Culture and Race (VDM Publishers).  She is an active member of the Cooperative Council of Oklahoma School Administrators (CCOSA), the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), National Association for Medial Literacy Education (NAMLE), Phi Kappa Phi and the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC).

Dwayne Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
E-mail: dlthompson@baschools.org 
Administrative Assistant - Karen Steitz

Dwayne Thompson earned his bachelor of science in accounting from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1985. He began his career as auditing governmental entities within the State of Oklahoma. In 1990 Thompson became the Business Manager for Choctaw-Nicoma Park Schools. In 1993, he joined Broken Arrow Public schools as the Chief Financial Officer. He left BAPS to assist in relocating First Baptist Church from their downtown location to the current location.  At the completion of that project, Thompson became the Chief Financial Officer for Forney ISD in Texas. In September 2009, he rejoined Broken Arrow and now serves as the Chief Financial Officer.  He is a member of both State and National Associations for School Business Officials and Government Finance Officer Association.

Tara Thompson
Public Information Officer
E-mail: tsthompson@baschools.org 

Tara Thompson graduated from Northeastern State University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication, and she earned her Masters in Communications in 2005. Shortly after graduation, she began her career as the Director of Communications for Jenks Public Schools where she worked for nearly five years before joining the Broken Arrow team in January of 2011 as the Public Information Officer. Thompson is an active officer in the Oklahoma School Public Relations Association, and has upper level training in the FEMA National Incident Management System. Thompson has been married for five years, and her husband is a certified health educator who works for the Creek Nation.