Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Diann Burns

Television News Anchor

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

MedicalMakers

Shirley H. Jones

Marriage and Family Therapist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith

Minister

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

EducationMakers

Janet Purnell

Academic Administrator, Elementary School Principal, Elementary School Teacher

MedicalMakers

Gloria Rookard

Nurse, Chief Executive Officer

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Anna Langford

Civil Rights Lawyer, City Alderman

LawMakers

The Honorable Denise Page Hood

Federal District Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Jackson

Civic Activist, City Government Official

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

CivicMakers

Marlene Rankin

Foundation Chief Executive, Social Worker

CivicMakers

Gloria Owens Hemphill

Foundation Executive, Education Administrator, Civic Leader

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

CivicMakers

Lula Cole Dawson

Education Consultant, Government Consultant, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Samella Lewis

Printmaker, Art Curator

CivicMakers

Linda M. White

Federal Government Administrator, Association Chief Executive

CivicMakers

E. Faye Williams

Civic Leader

SportsMakers

Renee Powell

Golfer

MedicalMakers

Regina Williams

Nurse

MusicMakers

Helen Turner-Thompson

Gospel Musician, Piano Instructor

ArtMakers

Ernestine Brown

Art Gallery Owner

ArtMakers

June Sallee Antoine

Nonprofit Chief Executive, High School Principal, Educator, Nonprofit Executive, Civic Leader, Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Janette Hoston Harris

City Historian

BusinessMakers

Reverend Dr. Ruth Teena Williams

Funeral Director, Priest

BusinessMakers

Marcella Boyd Cox

Funeral Director

ArtMakers

Dianne McIntyre

Dancer, Choreographer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Linda Rae Murray

Medical Instructor, Internal Medicine Physician, Medical Administrator

LawMakers

Patricia Mell

Law School Dean

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

S. Pearl Sharp

Playwright, Film Actress, Stage Actress, Poet

MediaMakers

Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynolds

Author, Media Company Chief Executive, Newspaper Columnist

ArtMakers

Stephanie Hughley

Arts Administrator, Producer

CivicMakers

Beverly E. Smith

Management Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Evelyn Freeman Roberts

Bandleader, Music Composer, Musician

EducationMakers

Margaret Peters

High School Teacher, Historian

CivicMakers

Sonjia W. Young

Civic Leader

MediaMakers

Patricia Ann Lottier

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Phoebe Beasley

Visual Artist

CivicMakers

Desiree Rogers

Civic Leader

BusinessMakers

Deborah A. Grant

Human Resources Executive

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Lois Fisher

Nightclub Owner, Singer

ArtMakers

Rita Frances Dove

Fiction Writer, English Professor, Poet

MusicMakers

Reverend Dr. Mable John

R & B Singer

MusicMakers

Nancy Wilson

Singer

CivicMakers

Bernice Irene Sumlin

Association Chief Executive

ScienceMakers

Lovenia Deconge-Watson

Mathematician

EducationMakers

Dorothy Harrison

Elementary School Teacher