Maker Directory

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StyleMakers

Charlene Jordan

Beauty Shop Owner, Hairdresser

CivicMakers

Carlotta Walls LaNier

Civil Rights Leader

BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

CivicMakers

Doris Zollar

Community Leader, Entrepreneur, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Genois Brabson

Fire Safety Specialist

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

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

Erma L. Clanton

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

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

LawMakers

Rita Aliese Fry

Public Defender

ArtMakers

Bennetta Nelson West

Arts Administrator

BusinessMakers

Evern D. Cooper Epps

Foundation Executive, Corporate Executive

CivicMakers

Ann Cooper

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Mayme Clayton

Curator, Librarian, Archivist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson

State Senator

LawMakers

The Honorable Debra James

State Supreme Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Cheryl McKissack Felder

Architect

ArtMakers

Shirley Ann Woodson Reid

Painter, Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Mildred Bond Roxborough

Association Executive

ArtMakers

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette

Actress, Stage Director, Playwright

CivicMakers

Frances Hooks

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Lynn Carol Allen

Education Administrator, Gymnastics Coach

EducationMakers

Angeles Echols

Education Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Linda Torrence

Human Resources Chief Executive, Public Relations Chief Executive

EducationMakers, MusicMakers

Barbara Wright-Pryor

School Counselor, Classical Singer

MediaMakers

Iola Johnson

Television News Anchor, Television Host

CivicMakers

Julia Bond

Librarian

LawMakers

Jane Bond Moore

Law Professor

CivicMakers

Eva Evans

Association Chief Executive, School Superintendent

MedicalMakers

Dr. Edith Irby Jones

Internal Medicine Physician

EducationMakers

Lula Ford

Education Executive, State Government Appointee, Elementary School Principal

MediaMakers

Lynn Norment

Magazine Editor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Elaine Flake

Pastor

SportsMakers

Rochelle Stevens

Track and Field Athlete

CivicMakers

Maxine Smith

Executive Secretary, Foreign Languages Professor, Civil Rights Activist, State Government Employee

CivicMakers

Chrystine Ramsey Shack

Civic Leader, Education Executive

MusicMakers

Ann Yancy

Gospel Singer

EducationMakers

Beverly Guy-Sheftall

Academic Administrator, Black Women\'s Studies Professor

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Gloria Anderson

Academic Administrator, Chemist

ScienceMakers

Lilia Abron

Chemical Engineer

CivicMakers

Vivian R. Jones

Community Leader, Nonprofit Executive

ScienceMakers

Joycelyn Harrison

Chemical Engineer

ScienceMakers

Mary Harris

Health Researcher

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Pamela Gunter-Smith

Physiologist, University President

MediaMakers

Callie Crossley

Radio Host

MediaMakers

Bev Johnson

Radio Talk Show Host