Jone Johnson Lewis has been the Leader of the Northern Virginia Ethical Society since July, 1997.

Jone is both a certified Ethical Culture Leader and an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister (both since 1991). She was a programmer, trainer, and executive in the retail and insurance industries before pursuing a profession in humanistic religious leadership and ministry. She earned an M.Div. from Meadville Lombard Theological School, and her undergraduate degree was from Mundelein College's Women in Management program. She is also a graduate of the Humanist Institute, later serving twice as a co-mentor of that program.