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.

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.

Dee Gibson is a driven young professional dedicated to contributing to their community and helping build a better future. Dee brings fresh perspectives and a strong grasp of the accounting field, with experience in the non-profit, audit, and tax sectors.  

They believe that community forms the foundation of society, and that we all share the responsibility to ensure access to food, shelter, education, and stability for everyone.

Alisa Taranchuk is a community organizer with ten years of experience in coalition building, mutual aid, and grassroots mobilization. Her work centers non-hierarchical, inclusive, and equitable practices that empower marginalized communities through direct action, political education, and collective decision-making. She organized mutual aid support during the 2020 BLM protests, led community outreach and public education efforts, and created inclusive spaces for gender-oppressed people to build skills, share resources, and strengthen affinity networks. As Chair for Murals for Palestine, Alisa coordinated a large-scale Chicago–Palestinian solidarity mural, guiding grant writing, strategy, and coalition development. She also formed and organized her Revolutionary Grrl Group, shaping spaces for learning, organizing, and collective empowerment. Informed by liberation and prefigurative politics, her approach emphasizes revolutionary optimism, transparency, and the everyday solidarity that strengthens communities. Alisa joins The Orange Tent Project to continue deepening the relationships and community that sustain our work.

Owen Tanner-Flomberg is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, attorney, and nonprofit leader committed to expanding access to essential resources and strengthening civic and community infrastructure. Based in Chicago, his work focuses on building practical, people-centered systems that help individuals navigate complex institutions with dignity and support.

Owen co-founded and currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Student Basic Needs Coalition (SBNC), a national organization supporting college students facing food and housing insecurity. He previously led SBNC and helped scale the organization to support tens of thousands of students nationwide, referring students to over $115 million in SNAP benefits in 2025. His background also includes senior voter protection and organizing roles with Democratic campaigns, state parties, and national committees, where he worked to protect access to the ballot and strengthen democratic participation.

In addition to his nonprofit work, Owen is the founder of Tanner-Flomberg Law, representing nonprofits and community-based initiatives, and serves as the founding National Executive Director of Kappa Alpha Pi Pre-Law and Government Fraternity. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee and his J.D. and LL.M. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. Owen joined The Orange Tent Project because of its commitment to meeting people where they are and building dignity, trust, and human connection into direct service work.

Olin Eargle is a Top Producing Realtor with @properties Christie’s and has been recognized as one of Chicago’s leading Real Estate Advisors. His deep knowledge of the Chicagoland market and his ability to translate that insight into strategy gives buyers and sellers the competitive edge they actually need in today’s fast-moving real estate landscape. Clients come to Olin because they want a broker who is fast, strategic, and unbothered under pressure and all of this is delivered through offering Concierge Level HOUSE-pitality. This is his own service model that makes the process seamless while keeping clients informed, empowered, and ahead of the market. Armed with a degree in Advertising and Marketing, Olin marries that with his multiple Real Estate designations ABR®, CNE®, RENE®, SFR®, and GRI®. Having been passionate about housing for years now, Olin joined the Orange Tent Project as a way to give back and be part of a community
doing the hard work.