The Lake Institute 2018 Distinguished Visitor Panel included:

• Dr. Brad Braxton, Director of the Center for the Study of African American Religious Life at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

• Aimée Laramore, Philanthropic Strategist for the first PhD program in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric at Christian Theological Seminary

• Rev. Starsky Wilson, President and CEO of Deaconess Foundation and Chair of the National Committee of Responsive Philanthropy

• and moderator, Dr. Leah Gunning Francis, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, and Associate Professor of Christian Education and Practical Theology at Christian Theological Seminary