The speaker for the Fall 2024 Opening Convocation is Rev. Dr. Laticia Hill Godette, Esq. Rev. Dr. Laticia Hill Godette is the Presiding Elder of the Wadesboro-Monroe District of the Piedmont Episcopal Area of the A.M.E. Zion Church. Rev. Dr. Laticia Hill Godette was the Valedictorian of her 2014 HTS class. She is a law school graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and also an HTS Adjunct Faculty in Church History. She is the owner of Godette Health and she previously served as the Presiding Elder of the Camden District of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the A.M.E. Zion Church. Finally, she has an impressive record as a national philanthropist.

Hood Theological Seminary, located at 1810 Lutheran Synod Drive in Salisbury, NC, is a graduate and professional school sponsored by the A.M.E. Zion Church and approved by the University Senate of The United Methodist Church. Its student body, faculty and staff currently comprise persons from many different denominations. Hood's mission is to prepare women and men for bold and creative leadership for the Christian church for a diverse world.

Rev. Dr. Laticia Hill Godette, Esq.