Derek Lane completed undergraduate studies at Oakwood University, graduate work at MS State University in Leadership, and certification with NELI - the Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute at Sanford University, Birmingham, AL. He serves as Bid Specialist and Grant Writer with Tabor100, Outreach Ministries Director for the Washington Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Pastor of the Maranatha S.D.A. Church in Seattle and President of the Lane Consulting Group. Lane Consulting has generated over $20 million in funding and provides start-up, capacity-building, and grant-writing workshops for clients throughout the U.S. He has served as a pastor, community engagement specialist, and fundraiser for the past 30 yrs. and is a contributing author to the 2022 devotional book, Let Justice Roll. He is married to Mae Aldridge-Lane and they have four adult children and one beautiful 4 year-old granddaughter, Zoe Abigail.