Maker Directory

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MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

Gen. Colin L. Powell

Military Officer, Cabinet Appointee, Presidential Appointee, U.S. Cabinet Official

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Elbra Wedgeworth

City Council Member

EducationMakers, SportsMakers

Evie Garrett Dennis

City Education Administrator, Olympics Executive

EducationMakers

Charles Russell Branham

Historian

EducationMakers

Adrienne Bailey

Education Consultant

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Allegra "Happy" Haynes

City Government Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Gloria Travis Tanner

State Senator

EducationMakers

Darwin McBeth Walton

Educator

EducationMakers

Frank Jones

Academic Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable C. Jack Ellis

Mayor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson

U.S. Congresswoman

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Gloria Anderson

Academic Administrator, Chemist

EducationMakers

Paula McClain

Political Science Professor, Public Policy Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Eva M. Clayton

U.S. Congresswoman

EducationMakers

Perry Howard

Architecture Professor

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

Carl Snowden

Civil Rights Activist, City Government Official

PoliticalMakers

Florence Farley

Visual Artist, Psychology Professor, Mayor, City Council Member

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ray Miller

State Senator, State Assemblyman

EducationMakers

Barbara Ransby

History Professor, African American Studies Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Toni Preckwinkle

County Commissioner

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Michael B. Coleman

Mayor

EducationMakers

Gene Harris

School Superintendent

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Lewis E. Dodley

Motivational Speaker, Youth Advocate

EducationMakers

Molefi Kete Asante

African American Studies Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Michael Nutter

Mayor

EducationMakers

Ollie Taylor

Elementary School Teacher

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sylvester Turner

State Representative, Mayor

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Allen Sessoms

Physicist, University President

EducationMakers

Erroll Davis, Jr.

Education Administrator

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Pamela Gunter-Smith

Physiologist, University President

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Gadsden

Foreign Ambassador

EducationMakers

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

African American History Professor

EducationMakers

Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr.

English Professor

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Theodore Britton, Jr.

Sergeant, Foreign Ambassador

EducationMakers, ScienceMakers

Joanne Berger-Sweeney

Neurobiologist, Academic Administrator, University President

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George Forbes

Lawyer, City Council Member

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

M. Brian Blake

Computer Scientist, Academic Administrator, University President

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Lorraine Miller

Federal Government Appointee

EducationMakers

Eugenia Collier

English Professor

EducationMakers

Robert Lee Harris, Jr.

African American History Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Barbara Lee

U.S. Congresswoman, State Senator

EducationMakers

Ann Smith

Civic Leader, Education Executive

EducationMakers

Earl Lewis

History Professor, Academic Administrator, Foundation Chief Executive

LawMakers, EducationMakers

James M. Douglas

Law Professor, University President

EducationMakers

Karen Hill-Scott

Educator, Education Consultant

EducationMakers

Clayborne Carson

African American History Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable A C Wharton, Jr.

Mayor

EducationMakers

Nell Irvin Painter

Historian, Educator, History Professor, College President, Federal Cabinet Appointee

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dwight Bush, Sr.

Foreign Ambassador

PoliticalMakers

Ben Johnson

Presidential Aide