Maker Directory

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LawMakers

The Honorable Jennifer Jones

Municipal Court Judge

MediaMakers

Bonita Gooch

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

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

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

CivicMakers

Evelyn Gibson Lowery

Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Executive

BusinessMakers

Benaree P. Wiley

Corporate Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Adelaide Cromwell

Academic Administrator, Sociology Professor

ArtMakers

Marla Blakey

Dancer, Choreographer

CivicMakers

Louise Hope

Music Instructor, Nonprofit Executive

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

LawMakers

Teri McClure

Corporate Executive, Corporate General Counsel

MediaMakers

Lena Williams

Newspaper Reporter

ArtMakers

Shari Carpenter

Filmmaker

CivicMakers

Gail A. Hansberry

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Photographer

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Monique Greenwood

Lodging Entrepreneur, Magazine Lifestyle Editor, Entrepreneur, Publisher

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

Jamala Rogers

Community Activist, Newspaper Columnist

MediaMakers

Marguerita Le Etta Washington

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Sandra Fortune-Green

Ballet Dancer, Dance Instructor

CivicMakers

Kathleen E. Bethel

African American Studies Librarian

ArtMakers

Sharon Farmer

Photographer

ScienceMakers

DeAnna Beane

Informal Science Educator

MediaMakers

Denise Rolark-Barnes

Newspaper Publishing Executive

EducationMakers

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

African American History Professor

MediaMakers

Jacquie Jones

Film Producer

MediaMakers

Ricki Fairley

Marketing Executive

MediaMakers

Brenda Wood

Broadcast journalist

MediaMakers, StyleMakers

Teri Agins

Journalist

MediaMakers

Lyne Pitts

Television Executive, Journalist

PoliticalMakers, LawMakers

Nina M. Wells

State Government Appointee, Lawyer

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Laurie Robinson Haden

Corporate Lawyer, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

Kathryn Chenault

Civic Leader

BusinessMakers

Deborah Crews

Hospitality Executive, Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Beverly Parker

Entrepreneur

MedicalMakers

Margaret Jordan

Healthcare Executive