One Voice Leadership Transition

The Board of Directors of One Voice, Inc. has appointed Nsombi Lambright to the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer of One Voice effective August 15 through February 15. In her capacity as Interim CEO, she will lead and bear responsibility for all development, personnel, and communications efforts of the organization. The selection of Ms. Lambright occurs following the appointment of current One Voice CEO, Derrick Johnson, to the role of Interim President and CEO of the National NAACP.

The One Voice board is extremely proud of Mr. Johnson’s appointment to lead the National NAACP. His selection is no doubt related to the impact he has made through his work with One Voice. We are equally excited to announce Nsombi Lambright as the Interim CEO of One Voice. Ms. Lambright brings former nonprofit executive experience to the organization and has competently led One Voice’s Development and Program divisions over the last several years.

Ms. Lambright joined One Voice in 2012 after serving as the Executive Director of the Mississippi ACLU. While with the MS ACLU, she led the organization’s advocacy and litigation activities around voting rights, criminal justice, and freedom of speech, religion, and reproductive rights. Since joining One Voice, she has coordinated the organization’s fundraising and led programs to dismantle the school to prison pipeline, reduce the mass incarceration of people of color, and protect elections.

Ms. Lambright also brings extensive community engagement experience and networks to the leadership of One Voice. She sits on the boards of the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Mississippi Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement, and the Mississippi Low Income Child Care Initiative. She is also a member of the Jackson Branch NAACP, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and the City of Jackson Transition Team under the leadership of Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba.

Derrick Johnson will move into the role of advisor to the board to provide guidance and continuity to the organization during the transition.

Over the next six months, One Voice will continue to train new leaders in Mississippi through its leadership development initiatives: Mississippi Black Leadership Institute (MBLI), the Mississippi Black Leadership Summit (Oct. 5 & 6 in Jackson), the Electric Co-operative Leadership Institute, and the Hollis Watkins Muhammad Internship Program.

One Voice is also launching a new civic engagement initiative that will work with leaders across the state to ensure that community voices are heard in upcoming census and redistricting work through 2020.