one at the time of his hiring. Additionally, he is only the fourth former player to be president of an NFL team. Wright helped lead the franchise during their rebranding process to become the Commanders in 2022. For his work with the team, Wright was the recipient of the "Best Hire of 2020" award by the Sports Business Journal and was named to Black Enterprise "Top 40 under 40" list in 2021. Personal life Wright's family has a history with civil rights. His great-great uncle, Charles Gomillion, was a Tuskegee University professor and the plaintiff in Gomillion v. Lightfoot, a landmark 1960 US Supreme Court case regarding voting rights that became instrumental in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Wright was given the middle name Gomillion in honor of him. His paternal grandfather, Harvey Wright, was also an educator and activist who started several NAACP chapters in Texas. Wright's sister Allison is a public defender in Massachusetts. Wright married Tiffany Braxton in 2007; the two met as students at Northwestern. He is close friends with Michael Blake, a fellow Northwestern graduate who later served as the Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2017 to 2021. Blake served as a senior advisor during Wright's transition as Commanders president in the early 2020s. References External links Washington Commanders bio McKinsey & Company bio (archived) Northwestern Wildcats bio (archived) 1982 births 21st-century African-American sportspeople African-American business executives African-American Christians African-American players of American football African-American sports executives and administrators American chief executives of professional sports organizations American football running backs American management consultants Arizona Cardinals players Atlanta Falcons players Christians from California Cleveland Browns players Living people McKinsey & Company people National Football League team presidents Northwestern Wildcats football players People from Diamond Bar, California People from Upland, California Players of American football from California Players of American football from Los Angeles San Francisco 49ers players Sportspeople from Los Angeles County, California Sportspeople from San Bernardino County, California University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni Washington Commanders executives Washington Football Team executives 20th-century African-American people Sportspeople from Los Angeles