Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

LawMakers

The Honorable Ann Claire Williams

Federal Judge

SportsMakers

Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

Foundation Chief Executive, Track and Field Athlete, Nonprofit Executive

EducationMakers

Barbara Farmer

Elementary School Principal, Education Professor

CivicMakers

Mildred Cruzat

Community Leader, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Pauline C. Morton

Civic Leader, Home Economist

CivicMakers

Dorothy Height

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Helen McDowell

Lodging Entrepreneur, High School English Teacher

PoliticalMakers

Freddie Lucas

Business Consultant, Lobbyist

CivicMakers

Wilhelmina Rolark

Foundation Chief Executive

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Della Reese-Lett

Television Actress, Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary T. Christian

State Delegate

EducationMakers

The Honorable Barbara Lett Simmons

Education Administrator

EducationMakers

Mary Hatwood Futrell

Academic Administrator, Education Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Amyre Ann Makupson

Television Anchor

MusicMakers

Freda Payne

Stage Actress, Singer

CivicMakers

Valerie Richardson Jackson

Civic Leader

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Lynn Jones Huntley

Civil Rights Lawyer, Foundation Executive

MusicMakers

Scherrie Payne

Motown Singer, Songwriter

MedicalMakers

Dr. Catrise L. Austin

Cosmetic Dentist, Dentist

CivicMakers

Effie Lee Morris

Library Administrator

BusinessMakers

Ingrid Saunders Jones

Corporate Executive

EducationMakers

Rachel Noel

Education Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Mary Cherry

Production Worker, Publisher

MedicalMakers

Dr. Alexa Canady-Davis

Neurosurgeon

LawMakers

Elaine Jones

Civil Rights Lawyer

LawMakers

The Honorable Frankie Freeman

U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner

ArtMakers

Billie Allen

Actress, Stage Director

ArtMakers

Cheryl Willis Hudson

Fiction Writer

PoliticalMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Hazel O'Leary

Cabinet Appointee, University President

ArtMakers

Alice Randall

Fiction Writer, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Writer

CivicMakers

Gwendolyn Patton

Civil Rights Activist, Archivist

ArtMakers

Naomi Long Madgett

Poet, English Professor

ArtMakers

Denise Nicholas

Actress, Fiction Writer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee

Osteopathic Physician

MusicMakers

Verna Holley

High School Music Teacher, Choral Director

EducationMakers

Joyce Moore Gray

Education Consultant, Principal

EducationMakers

Maxine B. Mimms

Academic Administrator, Education Professor

CivicMakers

Marlene Randall

City Government Administrator

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Patricia Turner

Middle School Teacher, Civil Rights Activist

MusicMakers

Rosalind Ashford Holmes

Motown Singer, Singer

BusinessMakers

Elyse White

Travel Agent, Medical Social Worker

MusicMakers

Katherine Schaffner

Singer

ArtMakers

Brenda Singletary

Mixed Media Artist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Josephine English

Gynecologist

BusinessMakers

Amy S. Hilliard

Marketing Executive

MediaMakers

Rosalind Juanita Harris

Publisher

MediaMakers

Suzanne Malveaux

Television News Correspondent

PoliticalMakers

Florence Farley

Visual Artist, Psychology Professor, Mayor, City Council Member

EducationMakers

Barbara Ransby

History Professor, African American Studies Professor