Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

CivicMakers

Maycie Herrington

Social Worker, Historian, Nonprofit Executive

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

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

EducationMakers

Ruth Brett Quarles

Academic Administrator

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

EducationMakers

Elnora D. Daniel

University President

LawMakers

Rita Aliese Fry

Public Defender

EducationMakers

Thelma Groomes

Middle School Teacher

ArtMakers

Bennetta Nelson West

Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Ann Cooper

Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Vera Hall

Education Administrator, City Council Member

EducationMakers

Glennette Tilley Turner

Elementary School Teacher, Historian

SportsMakers

Katherine Bennett

Academic Administrator, College Basketball Coach

LawMakers

The Honorable Debra James

State Supreme Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Cheryl McKissack Felder

Architect

MedicalMakers

Ella Mizzell Kelly

Academic Administrator, Medical Administrator

ArtMakers

Shirley Ann Woodson Reid

Painter, Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Mildred Bond Roxborough

Association Executive

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Nadine P. Winter

Community Activist, City Council Member

CivicMakers

Frances Hooks

Civic Leader

MilitaryMakers

Gen. Clara Adams-Ender

Military Officer

EducationMakers

Lynn Carol Allen

Education Administrator, Gymnastics Coach

EducationMakers

Angeles Echols

Education Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

J. Veronica Biggins

Presidential Appointee, Corporate Executive

EducationMakers

Rena Bancroft

College President

CivicMakers

Julia Bond

Librarian

MediaMakers

Evelyn Cunningham

Journalist

LawMakers

Jane Bond Moore

Law Professor

MediaMakers, MusicMakers

Bunnie Jackson-Ransom

Marketing Entrepreneur, Music Manager

EducationMakers

C. Eileen Watts Welch

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Janet L. Sims-Wood

Historian, Reference Librarian

EntertainmentMakers

Jackee Harry

Television Actress, Actress

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

CivicMakers

Hattie B. Dorsey

Civil Rights Activist, Community Development Executive, Community Activist

ArtMakers

Geraldine Rhodes Kennedy

Dance Group Manager

ArtMakers

Armelia McQueen

Actress

BusinessMakers

Carole Brown

Investment Banker

ScienceMakers

Andrea Lawrence

Computer Science Professor, Computer Scientist

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin

Theater Chief Executive, Library Director, Arts Administrator, Librarian

ScienceMakers

Lilia Abron

Chemical Engineer

ScienceMakers

Sondra Akins

Education Professor, Chemist

ScienceMakers

Joycelyn Harrison

Chemical Engineer