Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Audrey Grevious

Civil Rights Activist, High School Teacher, Association Executive

CivicMakers

Carol L. Adams

Museum Director, Nonprofit Executive, Community Activist

ArtMakers

Elma Lewis

Theater Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Doris Jones

Artistic Director, Dance Instructor

ReligionMakers

Jamye Coleman Williams

Communications Professor, Church Leader

LawMakers

Amy Robertson Goldson

Entertainment Lawyer

MediaMakers

Jocelyn Dorsey

Television Producer, Television Reporter

ArtMakers

Pearl Cleage

Playwright, Fiction Writer

StyleMakers

Olive Lee Benson

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Salon Owner

EducationMakers

Elizabeth B. Rawlins

Academic Administrator, Education Professor, Elementary School Teacher

MediaMakers

Monica Pearson

Television Anchor

ArtMakers

Suzan-Lori Parks

Playwright

EducationMakers

Ione Teresa Vargus

Academic Administrator, African American Studies Professor

BusinessMakers

Paula Ann Sneed

Corporate Executive

MediaMakers

Sarah-Ann Shaw

Television News Reporter

CivicMakers

Alice Key

Community Activist, Newspaper Columnist, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Paula McClain

Political Science Professor, Public Policy Professor

CivicMakers

Wenda Weekes Moore

Civic Leader

EntertainmentMakers

Jasmine Guy

Actress

ScienceMakers

Marian Johnson-Thompson

Molecular Virologist

MediaMakers

Dana Canedy

Newspaper Editor, Author

MediaMakers

Andrea L. Taylor

Media Executive

EntertainmentMakers

Kym Longino

Hollywood Stuntwoman

MedicalMakers

Dr. June Jackson Christmas

Psychiatrist

MusicMakers

Terri Lyne Carrington

Jazz Musician

LawMakers

Lisa Tatum

Lawyer

CivicMakers

The Honorable Chirlane Irene McCray

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Roslyn Artis

Academic Administrator, Lawyer

EntertainmentMakers

Cheryl Boone Isaacs

Entertainment Chief Executive

LawMakers

Patricia J. Williams

Lawyer

EducationMakers

Gretchen Tucker Underwood

Academic Administrator

LawMakers

Stephanie Phillipps

Lawyer

CivicMakers

E. Ginger Sullivan

Civic Leader

EntertainmentMakers

Ruth E. Carter

Costume Designer

MedicalMakers

Lorna E. Chambers-Andrade

Nurse Administrator, Nurse

ArtMakers

Zita Cousens

Art Gallery Owner

PoliticalMakers, MusicMakers

Vivian Male

Government Administrator, Jazz Singer

EducationMakers

Jerry Sue Thornton

Academic Administrator, College President

CivicMakers

Ruth Edmonds Hill

Librarian

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Harriet Elam-Thomas

Foreign Ambassador

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Tracy K. Smith

Poet, Professor

MedicalMakers

E. Lorraine Baugh

Healthcare Executive, Nurse

CivicMakers, ArtMakers

Jennifer Smith Turner

Nonprofit Executive, Author