Morgan McLuckie is an entrepreneur, advocate, and sustainable clothing designer based out of Chicago. She found The Orange Tent Project while she was growing her business (Flee Market), where she is the owner and lead designer. Drawn to the organization’s hands-on and relationship-based involvement with individuals experiencing homelessness, Morgan started as a volunteer in 2022 before accepting the role as Director of Operations in early 2023, and was appointed CEO shortly after. Morgan is a born networker and makes a point of building heartfelt and genuine connections with neighbors, nonprofit partners, and volunteers alike.

Attorney 40 years +, tent builder, food distributor, homelessness advocate, new Chicagoan, old University of Dayton Alum (1974 and 1977). Yes 50 years a Flyer in 2024!

Mary Kate Mack is a mom, an advocate, and an activist devoted to making her community a brighter place for the next generation. She has a decade of experience volunteering with Chicago-based organizations, most recently with the Junior League of Chicago and Soul City Church. Mary Kate began showing up to serve with The Orange Tent Project in 2022 and believes strongly in the relationship-based approach of the organization, whether through building relationships with community partners, volunteers, or our unhoused neighbors.

Mary Morgan is a nonprofit professional with 20 years of experience in the healthcare and nonprofit fields. As Director of the Elks National Veterans Service Commission, she works to help veterans access the healthcare and housing they need. In her role there, she and her team launched a multi-million-dollar outreach program with the VA to help end veteran homelessness. These programs have since helped thousands of veterans prevent or exit homelessness. She has extensive experience building volunteer-led grass-roots programs for vulnerable individuals in hundreds of locations across the country. She’s served as Chair of the VA’s Center for Development and Civic Engagement National Advisory Committee and works closely with the VA Central Office on support programs to help veterans seeking healthcare at VA locations. She lives in Chicago with her husband. She loves reading, live music, rescue dogs, and affordable housing.

Kathy Lawten is a retired real estate professional with a background in corporate sales and marketing. After working for Pepsi-Cola for 10 years, she started a successful marketing promotional company with mostly corporate sponsors of major sporting events – Volvo Tennis, Rolex, Visa, Evian Water, and more. While raising three children in Connecticut, she served on three non-profit boards. Kathy is a proud graduate of the University of Dayton (Class of 1975).

Diane Falanga has more than a decade of experience working with nonprofits in her role as president and board of directors member of Designs for Dignity. In that role, she helped to provide pro-bono, full-scale design services to other area nonprofits serving people in-need, at-risk and often marginalized. Additionally, Diane founded and runs Space Defined Interior Design, creating residential and commercial spaces for clients for nearly three decades. She has also authored two non-fiction books, published by Abrams Books NY. Diane and her husband live in the Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood and have two adult children.

Being born and raised on the southwest side of Chicago, I serve to uplift and rebuild ALL disenfranchised communities in order to create a more equitable environment for the next generations to come. After graduating from Florida Atlantic University in 2019, I joined the AmeriCorps program City Year as both an AmeriCorps Member and a staff member. I started with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Chicago and NW Indiana in July 2023, and I'm excited to grow in my leadership.

I got married on June 16, 2023, and am still celebrating the newlywed life with my wife, who is a CPS teacher. I love baseball (Go Sox), writing/playing music, and exploring my city.