Dr. Todd Lake serves as Vice President for Spiritual Development at Belmont University in Nashville. Prior to coming to Belmont, he served as the dean for university life at Baylor University in Texas.

He received his bachelor's degree in German studies magna cum laude from Harvard University and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He studied at Princeton Seminary before earning his master of divinity degree in 1988 from Southern Seminary, along with his wife, Dr. Joy Jordan-Lake. They served as chaplains at Harvard and co-pastors for nine years of an interracial Baptist church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which was deeply involved in community ministries to the poor, immigrants and prisoners.

Dr. Lake earned his doctorate in systematic theology with a minor in church history from Boston College. He has served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay, a legislative aide in California working on bills to protect migrant farm workers and as a summer missionary in Austria and Los Angeles, his hometown.

He helps Belmont take full advantage of being America’s largest ecumenical Christian university through extensive missions work in Nashville, the U.S., and overseas; a Chapel program co-sponsored by all nine Belmont colleges; a University Ministries team that deploys hundreds of student leaders through over 20 on-campus Christian ministries; and working with faculty and staff to help them integrate Christian resources and practices into their work with students in and out of the classroom.

Benita Walker came from her position as executive assistant for the vice president of university advancement at Belmont University to become the new executive assistant to the vice president for spiritual development in August 2005. She is a native Arkansan.

Benita served as assistant to the vice president of university advancement at Arkansas State University before moving to Nashville.  She has been at Belmont since July 2001. She serves as co-advisor to the Black Student Association and is a member of the Nashville Chapter of IAAP.  In 2004, she earned her certification as a Certified Professional Secretary (CPS) through the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP). She also serves on the MLK Committee.

Benita recognizes that she has a God ordained responsibility to speak the love of Jesus Christ in the life of others and she does not hesitate to comply. 

Along with her husband, Rev. Roosevelt Walker, Sr., they are the founders of  Walking In Agreement Ministries. A ministry rooted in serving and saving marriages through Jesus Christ.  She and her husband have two sons: Roosevelt Jr. (Kristen) and Zachary (Dorinda). Her husband is the Senior Pastor at Faith United Baptist Church in north Nashville, where she serves as the Co-Director of the Couples & Married Ministry and Women's Ministry Director.