Our Board and Leadership
Our leadership team combines personal experience, professional background, and a deep belief in recovery as a pathway to stability and self-sufficiency.
John Morgan
President
John Morgan is the founder of Another Chance and has spent over a decade supporting individuals navigating substance use, justice involvement, and recovery. Working in the addiction field since 2012, John brings a deeply person-centered approach grounded in lived experience as a person in long-term recovery.
John has held leadership roles across the recovery and education sectors, including serving on the Board of Directors for MAAPP (MetroPlus Association of Addiction Professionals) and as Chair of the Portland Community College Alcohol and Drug Program Advisory Committee. His work reflects a strong belief in accountability, dignity, and helping people identify clear goals and practical paths forward.
Outside of his professional work, John enjoys spending time with family and friends at the Oregon Dunes, working on cars, and playing a competitive game of pinochle.
John Jackley
Treasurer
John Jackley has more than three decades of experience working at the intersection of government, business, and community development. After spending over ten years in the U.S. House of Representatives, he moved to Oregon more than 30 years ago and went on to work for another decade in Oregon public agencies. In 2016, he founded Advanced Technology Communications, where he remains actively engaged in community-focused work.
John has served on multiple boards, including the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Minority Contractors. His current work centers on advising nonprofits, businesses, and public agencies, with a particular focus on grants, funding strategies, and a wide range of business technical assistance.
Outside of his professional work, John is a father of three, works fluently in English, Spanish, and French, and is deeply committed to rescuing and training deaf and blind shelter dogs.
Francesca Lazzari
Secretary
Francesca Lazzari brings professional experience in behavioral health and social services, along with lived experience and a strong commitment to recovery-oriented housing. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Science and has worked in the behavioral health and social work field since 2018.
As a person in recovery, Francesca identifies the transition directly from treatment into recovery housing as one of the most critical factors in her early stability and long-term success. Her perspective emphasizes recovery as a practical, family-centered, and sustainable process.
Francesca is the mother of two young children and enjoys spending time outdoors, writing, and learning self-sufficiency skills and creative crafts.
Eric Martin
Director
Eric Martin has served on the board and staff of the Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO) since 1988 and is a person in long-term recovery from mental health challenges and addiction, currently acting as policy advisor and legislative liaison for MHACBO where he shapes workforce, certification, and public policy efforts; he spent 20 years as adjunct faculty at the University of Oregon and has been a faculty mentor with Portland State University, and he is Director of the MetroPlus Association of Addiction Peer Professionals while also serving as a board member or consultant with Juntos, the Miracles Club, OR-Recovers, the Oregon Mental Health Consumers Association, and Peer Recovery Solutions, reflecting decades of leadership advancing peer support, recovery-oriented systems of care, and behavioral health workforce development across Oregon.
Lance Orton
Director
Lance Orton is the Executive Director of CityTeam Portland, where he leads a full continuum of care for individuals overcoming homelessness, addiction, and poverty. A person in long-term recovery for more than seven years, Lance brings both lived experience and professional leadership to his work, guiding CityTeam’s efforts to provide outreach, shelter, residential recovery, workforce development, and long-term housing in Portland’s Old Town.
In addition to his role at CityTeam, Lance serves as Vice President of the Central Eastside Together Board, Vice Chair of the Old Town Community Association, and Board Chair of Shelter Portland, an initiative launched by Mayor Keith Wilson. He is also a member of the Homeless Services Coalition (HSC), working alongside leaders such as Ken Thrasher to advance regional solutions to homelessness.
Nathan Lasko
Founder and Executive Director
Nathan Lasko is the founder and Executive Director of the Oregon Recovery Housing Foundation and the founder of Lasko Refuge LLC. He has spent years building and operating recovery housing focused on accountability, structure, and long-term stability for individuals exiting treatment, homelessness, or incarceration.
ORHF represents Nathan’s long-standing effort to address systemic challenges that have limited the effectiveness of recovery housing for years. Fragmented data collection, inconsistent funding pathways, and weak connections to services have created persistent barriers for both providers and residents. Through ORHF, he is working to streamline these systems by strengthening data practices, improving funding coordination, and building clearer access points to services, with the goal of creating a more reliable and scalable recovery housing infrastructure across Oregon.
Outside of his professional work, Nathan is a father of two and enjoys spending time outdoors. He owns a German Shepherd named Jerry Lee Lewis and relaxes by going trap shooting when time allows.
