Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Alice Windom

Social Worker

EducationMakers

Ione Teresa Vargus

Academic Administrator, African American Studies Professor

LawMakers

The Honorable Frankie Freeman

U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner

ArtMakers

Howardena Pindell

Visual Artist, Curator

MediaMakers

Gale Horton Gay

Newspaper Editor

ArtMakers

Zonia T. Way

Interior Design Consultant

ArtMakers

Camille Billops

Fine Artist

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Bush Wilson

Real Estate Lawyer, Association Branch Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Blanche Burton-Lyles

Pianist

LawMakers

Jane Bond Moore

Law Professor

MusicMakers

Florence LaRue

Singer

ArtMakers

Phoebe Beasley

Visual Artist

EducationMakers

Yvonne Sanders-Butler

Health Advocate, Elementary School Principal

MediaMakers, MusicMakers

Bunnie Jackson-Ransom

Marketing Entrepreneur, Music Manager

BusinessMakers

Sarann Knight Preddy

Gaming Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Mary Ellen Butler

Newspaper Editor

ArtMakers

Billie Allen

Actress, Stage Director

EducationMakers

Marcia Cantarella

Academic Administrator

MedicalMakers

Nancy Bowlin

Public Health Nurse

CivicMakers

Desiree Rogers

Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Leslie King-Hammond

Installation Artist, Academic Administrator, Art History Professor, Curator, Arts Administrator

ReligionMakers

Reverend Maxine Walker

Minister

ArtMakers

Cheryl Willis Hudson

Fiction Writer

PoliticalMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Hazel O'Leary

Cabinet Appointee, University President

ArtMakers

Alice Randall

Fiction Writer, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Writer

MediaMakers

Rosetta Miller-Perry

Newspaper Publishing Executive

CivicMakers

Gwendolyn Patton

Civil Rights Activist, Archivist

CivicMakers, LawMakers

The Honorable Vanzetta Penn McPherson

Entrepreneur, Federal Judge

LawMakers

Gloria Johnson Goins

Corporate Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Deborah A. Grant

Human Resources Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Donna M. Mendes

Vascular Surgeon

MedicalMakers

Prudence Burrell

Nurse

ArtMakers

Naomi Long Madgett

Poet, English Professor

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Lois Fisher

Nightclub Owner, Singer

MediaMakers

Tonya W. Bolden

Author

BusinessMakers

Leatrice McKissack

Architect

ReligionMakers

Bishop Vashti McKenzie

Bishop

EducationMakers

C. Eileen Watts Welch

Academic Administrator

EducationMakers

Joyce F. Brown

University President

ArtMakers

Deborah Willis

Photographer

StyleMakers

Louisiana Hines

Beauty Shop Owner, Beautician, Hair stylist

MediaMakers

Tanya-Monique Kersey

Magazine Editor, Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Jacqueline Finney Brown

County Government Administrator

LawMakers

Karen Hastie Williams

Corporate Lawyer

ArtMakers

Denise Nicholas

Actress, Fiction Writer

ArtMakers

Ayisha McMillan Cravotta

Dancer

CivicMakers

Jeanne Brayboy

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

CivicMakers

Jewell Jackson McCabe

Nonprofit Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Dorothy Cowser Yancy

Political Science Professor, University President

EntertainmentMakers

Marla Gibbs

Television Actress, Actress