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

CivicMakers

Maycie Herrington

Social Worker, Historian, Nonprofit Executive

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

EducationMakers

Ruth Brett Quarles

Academic Administrator

EducationMakers

Elnora D. Daniel

University President

EducationMakers

Thelma Groomes

Middle School Teacher

BusinessMakers

Evern D. Cooper Epps

Foundation Executive, Corporate Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Vera Hall

Education Administrator, City Council Member

EducationMakers

Glennette Tilley Turner

Elementary School Teacher, Historian

CivicMakers

Mayme Clayton

Curator, Librarian, Archivist

SportsMakers

Katherine Bennett

Academic Administrator, College Basketball Coach

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson

State Senator

MedicalMakers

Ella Mizzell Kelly

Academic Administrator, Medical Administrator

ArtMakers

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette

Actress, Stage Director, Playwright

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Nadine P. Winter

Community Activist, City Council Member

MilitaryMakers

Gen. Clara Adams-Ender

Military Officer

MediaMakers

Linda Torrence

Human Resources Chief Executive, Public Relations Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

J. Veronica Biggins

Presidential Appointee, Corporate Executive

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Barbara Wright-Pryor

School Counselor, Classical Singer

MediaMakers

Iola Johnson

Television News Anchor, Television Host

EducationMakers

Rena Bancroft

College President

MediaMakers

Evelyn Cunningham

Journalist

MediaMakers, MusicMakers

Bunnie Jackson-Ransom

Marketing Entrepreneur, Music Manager

EducationMakers

C. Eileen Watts Welch

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Janet L. Sims-Wood

Historian, Reference Librarian

EntertainmentMakers

Jackee Harry

Television Actress, Actress

MedicalMakers

Dr. Edith Irby Jones

Internal Medicine Physician

EducationMakers

Lula Ford

Education Executive, State Government Appointee, Elementary School Principal

CivicMakers

Hattie B. Dorsey

Civil Rights Activist, Community Development Executive, Community Activist

ArtMakers

Geraldine Rhodes Kennedy

Dance Group Manager

ArtMakers

Armelia McQueen

Actress

BusinessMakers

Carole Brown

Investment Banker

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Gloria Anderson

Academic Administrator, Chemist

ScienceMakers

Andrea Lawrence

Computer Science Professor, Computer Scientist

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin

Theater Chief Executive, Library Director, Arts Administrator, Librarian

CivicMakers

Vivian R. Jones

Community Leader, Nonprofit Executive

ScienceMakers

Sondra Akins

Education Professor, Chemist

ScienceMakers

Christine Darden

Aerospace Engineer

LawMakers

Almeta Cooper

Corporate General Counsel, General Counsel

CivicMakers

Jessie Carney Smith

Librarian, Author, Educator

MediaMakers

Sandra Hughes

Broadcast journalist

MediaMakers

Sandra Miller Jones

Marketing Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Sheila Robinson

Marketing Chief Executive, Publisher