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

SportsMakers

Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

Foundation Chief Executive, Track and Field Athlete, Nonprofit Executive

EducationMakers

Barbara Farmer

Elementary School Principal, Education Professor

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

CivicMakers

Pauline C. Morton

Civic Leader, Home Economist

CivicMakers

Dorothy Height

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Helen McDowell

Lodging Entrepreneur, High School English Teacher

BusinessMakers

Evern D. Cooper Epps

Foundation Executive, Corporate Executive

PoliticalMakers

Freddie Lucas

Business Consultant, Lobbyist

CivicMakers

Wilhelmina Rolark

Foundation Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary T. Christian

State Delegate

CivicMakers

Mayme Clayton

Curator, Librarian, Archivist

EducationMakers

Mary Hatwood Futrell

Academic Administrator, Education Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson

State Senator

ArtMakers

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette

Actress, Stage Director, Playwright

CivicMakers

Valerie Richardson Jackson

Civic Leader

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Lynn Jones Huntley

Civil Rights Lawyer, Foundation Executive

CivicMakers

Effie Lee Morris

Library Administrator

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

EducationMakers

Rachel Noel

Education Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Mary Cherry

Production Worker, Publisher

LawMakers

Elaine Jones

Civil Rights Lawyer

LawMakers

The Honorable Frankie Freeman

U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner

ArtMakers

Billie Allen

Actress, Stage Director

ArtMakers

Cheryl Willis Hudson

Fiction Writer

PoliticalMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Hazel O'Leary

Cabinet Appointee, University President

ArtMakers

Naomi Long Madgett

Poet, English Professor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Edith Irby Jones

Internal Medicine Physician

EducationMakers

Joyce Moore Gray

Education Consultant, Principal

EducationMakers

Lula Ford

Education Executive, State Government Appointee, Elementary School Principal

EducationMakers

Maxine B. Mimms

Academic Administrator, Education Professor

CivicMakers

Marlene Randall

City Government Administrator

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Patricia Turner

Middle School Teacher, Civil Rights Activist

BusinessMakers

Elyse White

Travel Agent, Medical Social Worker

MedicalMakers

Dr. Josephine English

Gynecologist

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Gloria Anderson

Academic Administrator, Chemist

PoliticalMakers

Florence Farley

Visual Artist, Psychology Professor, Mayor, City Council Member

BusinessMakers

Lillian Lambert

Business Chief Executive, Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Vivian R. Jones

Community Leader, Nonprofit Executive

ScienceMakers

Georgia Mae Dunston

Geneticist

ScienceMakers

Eleanor Jones

Math Professor, Mathematician