Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

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

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

ArtMakers

Florence Ladd

Fiction Writer, Academic Administrator

LawMakers

Rita Aliese Fry

Public Defender

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian

ArtMakers

Bennetta Nelson West

Arts Administrator

EducationMakers

Barbara Dodson Walker

Education Administrator, Historical Researcher

CivicMakers

Ann Cooper

Civic Leader

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

LawMakers

The Honorable Debra James

State Supreme Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Cheryl McKissack Felder

Architect

EducationMakers

Adelaide Cromwell

Academic Administrator, Sociology Professor

ArtMakers

Shirley Ann Woodson Reid

Painter, Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

Marla Blakey

Dancer, Choreographer

CivicMakers

Mildred Bond Roxborough

Association Executive

ArtMakers

Elizabeth Catlett

Printmaker, Art Professor, Sculptor

CivicMakers

Frances Hooks

Civic Leader

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Constance Rice

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer

EducationMakers

Lynn Carol Allen

Education Administrator, Gymnastics Coach

EducationMakers

Angeles Echols

Education Chief Executive

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Shirley Ann Jackson

University President, Physicist

BusinessMakers

Juanita Baranco

Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Julia Bond

Librarian

StyleMakers

Patti Carpenter

Housewares Designer, Fashion Designer

LawMakers

Jane Bond Moore

Law Professor

LawMakers

Karen Hastie Williams

Corporate Lawyer

CivicMakers

Jewell Jackson McCabe

Nonprofit Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sharon Pratt

Mayor

CivicMakers

Eva Evans

Association Chief Executive, School Superintendent

MediaMakers

Lynn Norment

Magazine Editor

MusicMakers

Denyce Graves

Opera Singer

CivicMakers

Amina J. Dickerson

Museum Director

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

MediaMakers

Lena Williams

Newspaper Reporter

ArtMakers

Shari Carpenter

Filmmaker

CivicMakers

Gail A. Hansberry

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Photographer

EducationMakers

Beverly Guy-Sheftall

Academic Administrator, Black Women\'s Studies Professor

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Monique Greenwood

Lodging Entrepreneur, Magazine Lifestyle Editor, Entrepreneur, Publisher

ArtMakers

Sandra Fortune-Green

Ballet Dancer, Dance Instructor