Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Ausbra Ford

Sculptor, Art Professor

ArtMakers

Ronne Hartfield

Curator, Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

Okoro Harold Johnson

Playwright, Stage Actor, Theater Director

ArtMakers

Val Gray Ward

Artistic Director, Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

ArtMakers

Allen Stringfellow

Collage Artist, Watercolor Artist

BusinessMakers

Cordell Reed

Energy Executive

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

ArtMakers

LeRoy Winbush

Graphic Designer

BusinessMakers

Anderson Jackson

Mortuary Owner

BusinessMakers

Abner Jean "Val" Jackson

Mortuary Owner, Civic Activist

ArtMakers

Noel Mayo

Industrial Designer, Design Professor

BusinessMakers

Charles McAfee

Architect

ArtMakers

Richard Long

Author

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

PoliticalMakers, BusinessMakers

The Honorable Clark Burrus

Bank Executive, City Comptroller

ArtMakers

Douglas Alan-Mann

Stage Actor, Stage Director

ArtMakers

Eric Werner

Photographer

ArtMakers

Bob Black

Photographer

BusinessMakers

James Hill, Jr.

Business Chief Executive, Accountant

BusinessMakers

Herman Roberts

Lodging Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Cleo Parker Robinson

Dancer, Artistic Director

ArtMakers

Jackie Taylor

Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

BusinessMakers

Wendell Campbell

Architect

BusinessMakers

Johnny M. Brown

Retail Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Nathan Conyers

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers, SportsMakers

Mel Farr, Sr.

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Football Player

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Bettiann Gardner

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Hair Care Manufacturer

BusinessMakers

Delories Ricks-Wallace

Transportation Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Shirley Hughes

Corporate Executive

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

BusinessMakers

Jolyn H. Robichaux

Retail Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Useni Eugene Perkins

Poet, Foundation Chief Executive, Writer

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

ArtMakers

Kalamu ya Salaam

Poet, Music Critic

ArtMakers

Eloise Demaris Hughes

Dancer

BusinessMakers

Brenda Gaines

Business Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Zenobia Washington

Doll Artist

BusinessMakers

James H. Lowry

Business Consulting Executive, Management Consulting Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Geraldine McCullough

Art Professor, Painter, Sculptor

ArtMakers

Thomas Miller

Graphic Designer, Painter

ArtMakers

Sterling Plumpp

Jazz and Blues Poet, African American Studies Professor, English Professor

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

BusinessMakers

Jerline Lambert

Real Estate Broker

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

Playwright, High School English Teacher, Theater Professor, Theater Director, Arts Administrator

BusinessMakers

Kent B. Amos

Corporate Executive, Education Chief Executive, Elementary School Principal

BusinessMakers

Knowlton R. Atterbeary

Entrepreneur