Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

CivicMakers

Maycie Herrington

Social Worker, Historian, Nonprofit Executive

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

EducationMakers

Ruth Brett Quarles

Academic Administrator

EducationMakers

Elnora D. Daniel

University President

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jacquelyn Grant

Academic Administrator, Minister, Theology Professor, Theologian

EducationMakers

Thelma Groomes

Middle School Teacher

CivicMakers

Alexine Jackson

Civic Volunteer, Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Vera Hall

Education Administrator, City Council Member

EducationMakers

Glennette Tilley Turner

Elementary School Teacher, Historian

CivicMakers

Lilliette M. Council

Civic Volunteer, Community Activist

SportsMakers

Katherine Bennett

Academic Administrator, College Basketball Coach

MedicalMakers

Ella Mizzell Kelly

Academic Administrator, Medical Administrator

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Serena Strother Wilson

Quilter, Elementary School Teacher

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Nadine P. Winter

Community Activist, City Council Member

CivicMakers

Clayola Brown

Union Leader

MilitaryMakers

Gen. Clara Adams-Ender

Military Officer

BusinessMakers

J. Veronica Biggins

Presidential Appointee, Corporate Executive

StyleMakers

Ophelia DeVore

Fashion and Talent Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Gloria Rackley Blackwell

Civil Rights Activist, English Professor

EducationMakers

Rena Bancroft

College President

MediaMakers

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Newspaper Reporter, Television News Correspondent

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Georgette Seabrooke Powell

Art Therapist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Painter

MediaMakers

Evelyn Cunningham

Journalist

MediaMakers, MusicMakers

Bunnie Jackson-Ransom

Marketing Entrepreneur, Music Manager

EducationMakers

C. Eileen Watts Welch

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Jeanne Brayboy

Civil Rights Activist, Elementary School Music Teacher, Community Activist, Elementary School Teacher

CivicMakers

Janet L. Sims-Wood

Historian, Reference Librarian

EntertainmentMakers

Jackee Harry

Television Actress, Actress

MedicalMakers, PoliticalMakers

Myrtle Davis

Pharmacist, City Council Member

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Eartha Kitt

Actress, Singer

EducationMakers

Lucy R. Wilson

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

Leona Barr-Davenport

Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

The Honorable Lucille Whipper

Cultural Center Founder

CivicMakers

Shirley James

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Hattie B. Dorsey

Civil Rights Activist, Community Development Executive, Community Activist

ArtMakers

Geraldine Rhodes Kennedy

Dance Group Manager

CivicMakers

Julia Purnell

Association Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Armelia McQueen

Actress

BusinessMakers

Carole Brown

Investment Banker

BusinessMakers

Deborah Wright

Bank Chairman, Bank Executive

CivicMakers

June M. Perry

Social Worker, Nonprofit Executive

ScienceMakers

Andrea Lawrence

Computer Science Professor, Computer Scientist

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin

Theater Chief Executive, Library Director, Arts Administrator, Librarian

ScienceMakers

Sondra Akins

Education Professor, Chemist

MediaMakers

Debra Lee

Media Company Chief Executive

ScienceMakers

Nancy Glenn Griesinger

Statistician

ScienceMakers

Christine Darden

Aerospace Engineer