About us
Our History
Robert Clyatt, a workers’ compensation attorney from Valdosta, Georgia, founded the first Kids’ Chance organization in 1988. Through his work, he had witnessed the life-shattering impact that a serious workplace injury had on the children of those injured, who were now having to fund their own education.
With the assistance of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Georgia Bar, Bob Clyatt incorporated Kids’ Chance of Georgia and began raising money to fund educational scholarships.
Kids’ Chance of Georgia began reaching out to other states and assisted them in establishing their own Kids’ Chance organizations. Thirty-nine states have organized Kids’ Chance programs that are actively providing need-based scholarships to the families of seriously injured workers, and new organizations are being formed each year.
Our Board of Directors
Robert M. Clyatt, Esq.
Robert M.Clyatt, PC
Founder & Chairman of the Board
rclyatt@ryan-lawllc.com
Mike Coan
Director, Georgia Subsequent Injury Trust Fund
President
mcoan@sitf.ga.gov
Connie Chandler
United Parcel Service
President
conniechandler@ups.com
John Fevier
Director of Facilities Management, Waffle House, Inc.
Secretary/Treasurer
johnfervier@wafflehouse.com
Hon. Carolyn Hall
Chairman, Georgia Board of Workers' (Retired)
Director
qcchall@bellsouth.net
Ann Baird Bishop
Sponsler, Bishop, Koven & Hamner, PA
Director
abishop@sponslerbishop.com
Lisa Capicik
DPR Construction
Director
lisac@dpr.com
Greg S. Dorsey
CPCU, AICCompTrust AGC
Director
gdorsey@ctmcic.com
Michelle Lutz Hays
Comprehensive Care Group
Director
michelle@compcaregroup.net
Shirley Hinton
National DCP, LLC
Director
shirley.hinton@natdcp.com
Hon. Jeffrey Kight
Superior Court of Georgia, First District
Director
jhkight@gmail.com
Joseph Leman, Esq.
Leman Law Firm, PC
Director
lemancomp@gmail.com
Hon. Frank R. McKay
Georgia Board of Workers' Compensation
Director
mckayf@sbwc.ga.gov
Lisa Wade, Esq.
Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP
Director
lisa.wade@swiftcurrie.com
Craig Weil
Center for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
Director
craigweil@mac.com
Sgt. Fredrick Harper
City of Atlanta
Director
director@defenseandawareness.com
Management
Lynda Snyder Smith
Executive Director
lyndasmith@kidschancega.org
Lise Weaver
Financial & General Operations Coordinator
liseweaver@kidschancega.org