Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Laura Murphy

Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

MediaMakers

Jannette L. Dates

Academic Administrator, Communications Professor, Dean

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

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

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

CivicMakers

Thelma Daley

Social Activist, School Counselor, Foundation Executive, Education Chief Executive, Association Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

Reverend Frances Murphy Draper

Pastor

LawMakers

Rita Aliese Fry

Public Defender

ReligionMakers

Sister Constance Murphy

Nun

MediaMakers

Frances L. Murphy, II

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive, Journalism Professor

ArtMakers

Bennetta Nelson West

Arts Administrator

PoliticalMakers

Zina Pierre

Government Relations Chief Executive, Presidential Appointee, Presidential Advisor

CivicMakers

Julia Harden

University Librarian

CivicMakers

Ann Cooper

Civic Leader

LawMakers

Singleton B. McAllister

Government Relations Lawyer

EducationMakers

Rachel Brown

Elementary School Teacher, High School Teacher

CivicMakers

Sylvia Cooke Martin

Historian, Library Administrator

LawMakers

The Honorable Debra James

State Supreme Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Cheryl McKissack Felder

Architect

ArtMakers

Marie Johnson-Calloway

Painter, Art Professor

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Darlene Lorraine McKinnon

Federal Government Official

ArtMakers

Shirley Ann Woodson Reid

Painter, Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Mildred Bond Roxborough

Association Executive

CivicMakers

Frances Hooks

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Lynn Carol Allen

Education Administrator, Gymnastics Coach

EducationMakers

Angeles Echols

Education Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Julia Bond

Librarian

MediaMakers, StyleMakers

Harriette Cole

Talent Coach, Model, Magazine Editor

MusicMakers

Anne Brown

Classical Singer

LawMakers

Jane Bond Moore

Law Professor

ReligionMakers

Bishop Vashti McKenzie

Bishop

CivicMakers

Jacqueline Finney Brown

County Government Administrator

CivicMakers

Eva Evans

Association Chief Executive, School Superintendent

MediaMakers

Lynn Norment

Magazine Editor

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

EducationMakers

Beverly Guy-Sheftall

Academic Administrator, Black Women\'s Studies Professor

LawMakers

Cheryl Blackwell Bryson

Corporate Lawyer

ScienceMakers

Lilia Abron

Chemical Engineer

ScienceMakers

Joycelyn Harrison

Chemical Engineer

ScienceMakers

Dawn Wright

Oceanographer

ScienceMakers

Mary Harris

Health Researcher

MilitaryMakers

Sgt. Maj. Michele Jones

Noncommissioned Officer

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Pamela Gunter-Smith

Physiologist, University President

ScienceMakers

Sharon Haynie

Chemist

MilitaryMakers

Radm. Lillian Fishburne

Rear Admiral