Lambeth is a native of North Carolina and a lifelong resident of Forsyth County. His professional career spanned 40 years at what is now Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (North Carolina Baptist Hospital) where he served as chief operating officer for 11 years and was president/CEO for four years. He served as president/CEO of the Lexington and Davie medical centers for one year during the merge of the three medical facilities.
As a healthcare executive, Lambeth’s leadership and knowledge base gained him many recognitions from both the business and private sectors of the state, including the N.C. Health Care Hero Award (2008), Who’s Who among Health Care Executives (2012—six consecutive years), and the Region’s Most Influential Leader by Triad Business Journal (2013—seven consecutive years), among others.
In 2012, Lambeth was elected to the N.C. House of Representatives serving the state’s 75th District. Following his re-election in 2014, he has focused on health care reform and improvements.
Since his first term in office, Lambeth has been the recipient of various awards and recognitions, including: N.C. Baptist Heritage Award (2014), Advocate State Award for Excellence from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (2016), State Champion Award from the N.C. Association of Registered Nurse Anesthetists (2016), Champion for Health from the N.C. Alliance for Health (2017) and N.C. Governor’s School Foundation Champion Award (2018). He was named Legislator of the Year by the N.C. Association of Local Health Directors (2016), the N.C. Nurses Association (2016), the N.C. Community Health Center Association (2017), BAYADA Home Health Care (2017) and most recently by the N.C. Chapter of the March of Dimes.
At the national level, he was recognized as the 2018 Mental Health Legislative Champion by Mental Health America.
Outside the General Assembly, Lambeth has served through membership on various state and community boards: Forsyth County Hospice and Palliative Care (Trellis), Child Fatality Task Force, Affordable Care Act Study Committee, Mental Health Committee, State Health Coordinating Committee and as board chair of the N.C. Chapter of March of Dimes. He currently serves as a member of myFutureNC and the National Council on Education Reform. Lambeth’s professional career continues as the current CEO of 437 Logistics, a FedEx contractor in the Winston-Salem Area. Lambeth earned a BS degree in business administration from High Point University and an MBA from Wake Forest University. He and his wife, Pam, were married for 50 years before her passing in May, 2024. They raised four daughters, and he has seven grandchildren.