Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Diann Burns

Television News Anchor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith

Minister

StyleMakers

Charlene Jordan

Beauty Shop Owner, Hairdresser

CivicMakers

Carlotta Walls LaNier

Civil Rights Leader

EducationMakers

Janet Purnell

Academic Administrator, Elementary School Principal, Elementary School Teacher

CivicMakers

Doris Zollar

Community Leader, Entrepreneur, Civic Leader

MedicalMakers

Gloria Rookard

Nurse, Chief Executive Officer

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Anna Langford

Civil Rights Lawyer, City Alderman

LawMakers

The Honorable Denise Page Hood

Federal District Court Judge

CivicMakers

Genois Brabson

Fire Safety Specialist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Jackson

Civic Activist, City Government Official

MedicalMakers

Dr. Roselyn Payne Epps

Pediatrician

ArtMakers

Geraldine McCullough

Art Professor, Painter, Sculptor

CivicMakers

Marlene Rankin

Foundation Chief Executive, Social Worker

MediaMakers

Dorothy R. Leavell

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Jerline Lambert

Real Estate Broker

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Janis F. Kearney

Presidential Appointee, Presidential Diarist

CivicMakers

Gloria Owens Hemphill

Foundation Executive, Education Administrator, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Linda M. White

Federal Government Administrator, Association Chief Executive

SportsMakers

Renee Powell

Golfer

BusinessMakers

Evern D. Cooper Epps

Foundation Executive, Corporate Executive

MedicalMakers

Regina Williams

Nurse

MusicMakers

Helen Turner-Thompson

Gospel Musician, Piano Instructor

ArtMakers

Ernestine Brown

Art Gallery Owner

ArtMakers

June Sallee Antoine

Nonprofit Chief Executive, High School Principal, Educator, Nonprofit Executive, Civic Leader, Arts Administrator

BusinessMakers

Marcella Boyd Cox

Funeral Director

ArtMakers

Dianne McIntyre

Dancer, Choreographer

CivicMakers

Mayme Clayton

Curator, Librarian, Archivist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Linda Rae Murray

Medical Instructor, Internal Medicine Physician, Medical Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson

State Senator

LawMakers

Patricia Mell

Law School Dean

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

S. Pearl Sharp

Playwright, Film Actress, Stage Actress, Poet

ArtMakers

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette

Actress, Stage Director, Playwright

MediaMakers

Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynolds

Author, Media Company Chief Executive, Newspaper Columnist

MediaMakers

Linda Torrence

Human Resources Chief Executive, Public Relations Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Stephanie Hughley

Arts Administrator, Producer

CivicMakers

Beverly E. Smith

Management Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Barbara Wright-Pryor

School Counselor, Classical Singer

MusicMakers

Evelyn Freeman Roberts

Bandleader, Music Composer, Musician

MediaMakers

Iola Johnson

Television News Anchor, Television Host

EducationMakers

Margaret Peters

High School Teacher, Historian

MediaMakers

Patricia Ann Lottier

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Phoebe Beasley

Visual Artist

ArtMakers

Rita Frances Dove

Fiction Writer, English Professor, Poet

MusicMakers

Nancy Wilson

Singer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Edith Irby Jones

Internal Medicine Physician

CivicMakers

Bernice Irene Sumlin

Association Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Lula Ford

Education Executive, State Government Appointee, Elementary School Principal

EducationMakers

Dorothy Harrison

Elementary School Teacher