Theological Executive

Stephen Lewis is the president of the Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE) and creator and co-founder of DO GOOD X, a start-up accelerator for diverse Christian social entrepreneurs. He is an organizational change strategist and a leadership development specialist, focused on inspiring the next generation of faith-inspired leaders and entrepreneurs to live and work on purpose. Stephen is the co-author of Another Way: Living and Leading Change on Purpose (2020) and A Way Out of No Way: An Approach to Christian Innovation (2021).

Dr. Charisse L. Gillett became the 17th president of Lexington Theological Seminary in September 2011. Her appointment is historic as she is the first woman and first African American to lead the Seminary as president.

She holds a doctorate in education and educational specialist degree from Northern Illinois University and a master's in education and Bachelor of Arts with a major in social work from the University of Northern Iowa. She has led Lexington Theological Seminary through a period of transformation in its academic programs, enrollment, finances, and strategic vision. She has spearheaded the receipt of over $3.8M in grants and a successful capital campaign of $4.8M in gifts.

She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Association of Theological Schools and Commission on Accrediting. Dr. Gillett received a $15,000 Reflective Leadership grant from Leadership Education at Duke Divinity in 2018 to think carefully about leading during crisis. Reflections on Leadership in an era of COVID-19 and in the Midst of a Reckoning on Racial Injustice was published in the Journal of Higher Education Management 2021 by the American Association of University Administrators.

Dr. Gillett is the daughter of a retired 42-year veteran of the United States Postal Service and a retired 30-year Chicago Public School Teacher. She credits her parents with inspiring her to work towards her dreams. She married to Rev. Dr. Donald K. Gillett, II the General Minister and President of the Christian Church in Kentucky. They have four children and one granddaughter.

Dr. G. Sujin Pak is Dean of the Boston University School of Theology and is an expert in the history of Christianity with a focus on the early modern period, the Protestant Reformation, and the history of biblical interpretation. She has taught courses on the history of Christianity, the Protestant reformers, the history of biblical interpretation, and medieval female mystics. Pak is the author of The Judaizing Calvin: Sixteenth-Century Debates on the Messianic Psalms (Oxford University Press, 2010) and The Reformation of Prophecy: Early Modern Interpretations of the Prophet and Old Testament Prophet (Oxford University Press, 2018), as well as several articles appearing in leading journals. Dean Pak is a strong advocate for diversity and equity and prizes these values in her teaching, research, and administrative work. In her leisure time, Pak likes to run, hike, take long walks, and read novels.