Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

Alice Palmer

State Senator

CivicMakers

Hana Stith

Community Leader

MediaMakers

Felicia Middlebrooks

Production Company Chief Executive, Radio News Anchor

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

The Honorable Marie Johns

Community Leader, Corporate Executive

StyleMakers

Barbara Samuels

Business Consultant, Retail Buyer

EducationMakers

Geraldine D. Brownlee

Education Professor

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

BusinessMakers

Benaree P. Wiley

Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Adelaide Cromwell

Academic Administrator, Sociology Professor

ArtMakers

Marla Blakey

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Elizabeth Catlett

Printmaker, Art Professor, Sculptor

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Constance Rice

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Shirley Ann Jackson

University President, Physicist

BusinessMakers

Juanita Baranco

Entrepreneur

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

MusicMakers

Denyce Graves

Opera Singer

CivicMakers

Amina J. Dickerson

Museum Director

MediaMakers

Lena Williams

Newspaper Reporter

ArtMakers

Marjorie Moon

Stage Director, Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Shari Carpenter

Filmmaker

CivicMakers

Gail A. Hansberry

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Photographer

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Monique Greenwood

Lodging Entrepreneur, Magazine Lifestyle Editor, Entrepreneur, Publisher

ArtMakers

Veronica Claypool

Entertainment Manager, Theater Director

ArtMakers

Sandra Fortune-Green

Ballet Dancer, Dance Instructor

CivicMakers

Kathleen E. Bethel

African American Studies Librarian

ArtMakers

Sharon Farmer

Photographer

CivicMakers

Carolyn Armenta Davis

Community Leader, Curator

LawMakers

Patricia Russell-McCloud

Motivational Speaker, Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Norma Pratt

Transportation Chief Executive, Entrepreneur

ScienceMakers

DeAnna Beane

Informal Science Educator

MediaMakers

Denise Rolark-Barnes

Newspaper Publishing Executive

MediaMakers

Eunice Trotter

Newspaper Editor

EducationMakers

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

African American History Professor

MediaMakers

Donna Britt

Newspaper Columnist

EntertainmentMakers

Winifred Neisser

Television Executive

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

Fay Ferguson

Advertising Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Jacquie Jones

Film Producer

MediaMakers

Ricki Fairley

Marketing Executive

MediaMakers

Brenda Wood

Broadcast journalist

MediaMakers

The Honorable Steen Miles

Journalist