Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Diann Burns

Television News Anchor

CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith

Minister

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 Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Jackson

Civic Activist, City Government Official

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

CivicMakers

Marlene Rankin

Foundation Chief Executive, Social Worker

CivicMakers

Gloria Owens Hemphill

Foundation Executive, Education Administrator, Civic Leader

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jacquelyn Grant

Academic Administrator, Minister, Theology Professor, Theologian

CivicMakers

Alexine Jackson

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

CivicMakers

Linda M. White

Federal Government Administrator, Association Chief Executive

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

BusinessMakers

Marcella Boyd Cox

Funeral Director

ArtMakers

Dianne McIntyre

Dancer, Choreographer

CivicMakers

Lilliette M. Council

Civic Volunteer, Community Activist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Linda Rae Murray

Medical Instructor, Internal Medicine Physician, Medical Administrator

LawMakers

Patricia Mell

Law School Dean

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Serena Strother Wilson

Quilter, Elementary School Teacher

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

S. Pearl Sharp

Playwright, Film Actress, Stage Actress, Poet

MediaMakers

Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynolds

Author, Media Company Chief Executive, Newspaper Columnist

CivicMakers

Clayola Brown

Union Leader

ArtMakers

Stephanie Hughley

Arts Administrator, Producer

CivicMakers

Beverly E. Smith

Management Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

StyleMakers

Ophelia DeVore

Fashion and Talent Entrepreneur

MusicMakers

Evelyn Freeman Roberts

Bandleader, Music Composer, Musician

EducationMakers

Margaret Peters

High School Teacher, Historian

CivicMakers

Gloria Rackley Blackwell

Civil Rights Activist, English Professor

MediaMakers

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Newspaper Reporter, Television News Correspondent

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Georgette Seabrooke Powell

Art Therapist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Painter

MediaMakers

Patricia Ann Lottier

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Phoebe Beasley

Visual Artist

CivicMakers

Jeanne Brayboy

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

ArtMakers

Rita Frances Dove

Fiction Writer, English Professor, Poet

MusicMakers

Nancy Wilson

Singer

MedicalMakers, PoliticalMakers

Myrtle Davis

Pharmacist, City Council Member

CivicMakers

Bernice Irene Sumlin

Association Chief Executive

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