Our Leadership
Kids’ Chance of Mississippi brings together many of the leaders in the workers’ compensation industry to steer the organization and ensure it fulfills its purpose.
2025-2026 Board of Directors
Ray Gustavis (President)
Chhabra, Gibbs & Gustavis, P.A.
Judge Jenny Nicaud (Vice President)
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Judge Deneise Lott (Immediate Past President)
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission (Retired)
H Byron Carter III (Scholarship Chair)
Carter Law Firm
Cora Beth Hartfield (Secretary/Fundraising Chair)
Midwest Employers Casualty
Judge Megan Garrott (Treasurer)
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Commissioner Beth Harkins
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Amanda Orr (Golf Tournament Chair)
Taylor Wellons Politz & Duhe
James Moss, MD
Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center
Lindsay Varnadoe
Morgan & Morgan
Amy Hardin
Eastern Alliance
Ty Pennington
Pennington Vocational Services
Lauren Pierce
Ethix Comp
Paula Harrison
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Arthur Russell
Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association
Molly Staley
Capital Ortho
Ginger Gorman
Ascot Workers’ Compensation
Angie Roberts
Beau Rivage
Casey Younger
Wilkins Patterson
Payton Wilson
NewSouth NeuroSpine
Tammra Cascio
CSGLG