Maker Directory

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StyleMakers

Charlene Jordan

Beauty Shop Owner, Hairdresser

CivicMakers

Carlotta Walls LaNier

Civil Rights Leader

CivicMakers

Doris Zollar

Community Leader, Entrepreneur, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Genois Brabson

Fire Safety Specialist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Roselyn Payne Epps

Pediatrician

ArtMakers

Geraldine McCullough

Art Professor, Painter, Sculptor

MediaMakers

Dorothy R. Leavell

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Jerline Lambert

Real Estate Broker

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Janis F. Kearney

Presidential Appointee, Presidential Diarist

ArtMakers

Florence Ladd

Fiction Writer, Academic Administrator

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

EducationMakers

Barbara Dodson Walker

Education Administrator, Historical Researcher

BusinessMakers

Evern D. Cooper Epps

Foundation Executive, Corporate Executive

LawMakers

Betty Francis

Government Lawyer

CivicMakers

Leatrice Branch Madison

Community Activist, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Lilian Thomas Burwell

Painter, High School Art Teacher, Visual Artist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Bette Catoe

Pediatrician

CivicMakers

Mayme Clayton

Curator, Librarian, Archivist

BusinessMakers

Benaree P. Wiley

Corporate Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson

State Senator

EducationMakers

Adelaide Cromwell

Academic Administrator, Sociology Professor

ArtMakers

Marla Blakey

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette

Actress, Stage Director, Playwright

ArtMakers

Elizabeth Catlett

Printmaker, Art Professor, Sculptor

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Constance Rice

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer

MediaMakers

Linda Torrence

Human Resources Chief Executive, Public Relations Chief Executive

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Barbara Wright-Pryor

School Counselor, Classical Singer

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Shirley Ann Jackson

University President, Physicist

BusinessMakers

Juanita Baranco

Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Iola Johnson

Television News Anchor, Television Host

StyleMakers

Patti Carpenter

Housewares Designer, Fashion Designer

LawMakers

Karen Hastie Williams

Corporate Lawyer

CivicMakers

Jewell Jackson McCabe

Nonprofit Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sharon Pratt

Mayor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Edith Irby Jones

Internal Medicine Physician

EducationMakers

Lula Ford

Education Executive, State Government Appointee, Elementary School Principal

MusicMakers

Denyce Graves

Opera Singer

CivicMakers

Amina J. Dickerson

Museum Director

MediaMakers

Lena Williams

Newspaper Reporter

ArtMakers

Shari Carpenter

Filmmaker

CivicMakers

Gail A. Hansberry

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Photographer

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Monique Greenwood

Lodging Entrepreneur, Magazine Lifestyle Editor, Entrepreneur, Publisher

ArtMakers

Sandra Fortune-Green

Ballet Dancer, Dance Instructor

CivicMakers

Kathleen E. Bethel

African American Studies Librarian

ArtMakers

Sharon Farmer

Photographer

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Gloria Anderson

Academic Administrator, Chemist

CivicMakers

Vivian R. Jones

Community Leader, Nonprofit Executive

ScienceMakers

DeAnna Beane

Informal Science Educator

MediaMakers

Denise Rolark-Barnes

Newspaper Publishing Executive