Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Diann Burns

Television News Anchor

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 Dorothy Jackson

Civic Activist, City Government Official

SportsMakers

Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

Foundation Chief Executive, Track and Field Athlete, Nonprofit Executive

EducationMakers

Barbara Farmer

Elementary School Principal, Education Professor

CivicMakers

Marlene Rankin

Foundation Chief Executive, Social Worker

CivicMakers

Gloria Owens Hemphill

Foundation Executive, Education Administrator, Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Pauline C. Morton

Civic Leader, Home Economist

CivicMakers

Dorothy Height

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Helen McDowell

Lodging Entrepreneur, High School English Teacher

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

PoliticalMakers

Freddie Lucas

Business Consultant, Lobbyist

CivicMakers

Wilhelmina Rolark

Foundation Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Marcella Boyd Cox

Funeral Director

ArtMakers

Dianne McIntyre

Dancer, Choreographer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary T. Christian

State Delegate

MedicalMakers

Dr. Linda Rae Murray

Medical Instructor, Internal Medicine Physician, Medical Administrator

EducationMakers

Mary Hatwood Futrell

Academic Administrator, Education Chief Executive

LawMakers

Patricia Mell

Law School Dean

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

S. Pearl Sharp

Playwright, Film Actress, Stage Actress, Poet

MediaMakers

Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynolds

Author, Media Company Chief Executive, Newspaper Columnist

CivicMakers

Valerie Richardson Jackson

Civic Leader

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Lynn Jones Huntley

Civil Rights Lawyer, Foundation Executive

CivicMakers

Effie Lee Morris

Library Administrator

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

EducationMakers

Rachel Noel

Education Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Mary Cherry

Production Worker, Publisher

LawMakers

Elaine Jones

Civil Rights Lawyer

MediaMakers

Patricia Ann Lottier

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Frankie Freeman

U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner

ArtMakers

Phoebe Beasley

Visual Artist

ArtMakers

Billie Allen

Actress, Stage Director

ArtMakers

Cheryl Willis Hudson

Fiction Writer

PoliticalMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Hazel O'Leary

Cabinet Appointee, University President

ArtMakers

Naomi Long Madgett

Poet, English Professor

ArtMakers

Rita Frances Dove

Fiction Writer, English Professor, Poet

MusicMakers

Nancy Wilson

Singer