Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Diann Burns

Television News Anchor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith

Minister

BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

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 Dorothy Jackson

Civic Activist, City Government Official

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

CivicMakers

Marlene Rankin

Foundation Chief Executive, Social Worker

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

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

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

CivicMakers

Gloria Owens Hemphill

Foundation Executive, Education Administrator, Civic Leader

LawMakers

Rita Aliese Fry

Public Defender

ArtMakers

Bennetta Nelson West

Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Linda M. White

Federal Government Administrator, Association Chief Executive

SportsMakers

Renee Powell

Golfer

MedicalMakers

Regina Williams

Nurse

CivicMakers

Ann Cooper

Civic Leader

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

MedicalMakers

Dr. Linda Rae Murray

Medical Instructor, Internal Medicine Physician, Medical Administrator

LawMakers

The Honorable Debra James

State Supreme Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Cheryl McKissack Felder

Architect

LawMakers

Patricia Mell

Law School Dean

ArtMakers

Shirley Ann Woodson Reid

Painter, Arts Administrator

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

S. Pearl Sharp

Playwright, Film Actress, Stage Actress, Poet

CivicMakers

Mildred Bond Roxborough

Association Executive

MediaMakers

Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynolds

Author, Media Company Chief Executive, Newspaper Columnist

CivicMakers

Frances Hooks

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Lynn Carol Allen

Education Administrator, Gymnastics Coach

EducationMakers

Angeles Echols

Education Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Stephanie Hughley

Arts Administrator, Producer

CivicMakers

Beverly E. Smith

Management Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Evelyn Freeman Roberts

Bandleader, Music Composer, Musician

EducationMakers

Margaret Peters

High School Teacher, Historian

CivicMakers

Julia Bond

Librarian

MediaMakers

Patricia Ann Lottier

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

LawMakers

Jane Bond Moore

Law Professor

ArtMakers

Phoebe Beasley

Visual Artist

ArtMakers

Rita Frances Dove

Fiction Writer, English Professor, Poet

MusicMakers

Nancy Wilson

Singer

CivicMakers

Eva Evans

Association Chief Executive, School Superintendent

CivicMakers

Bernice Irene Sumlin

Association Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Lynn Norment

Magazine Editor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Elaine Flake

Pastor