Maker Directory

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LawMakers

Leo Branton, Jr.

Entertainment Lawyer, Litigator

BusinessMakers

William G. Mays

Business Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Haki Madhubuti

Author

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

MusicMakers

William Warfield

Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William E. Shaw

State Senator, Mayor

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Richard Hatcher

Law Professor, Mayor

LawMakers

The Honorable Glenn T. Johnson

Appellate Court Judge, State Assistant Attorney General

CivicMakers, SportsMakers

Charles Johnson

Union Leader, Baseball Player

BusinessMakers

Wendell Campbell

Architect

LawMakers

Reynaldo Glover

Corporate Chief Executive, Corporate General Counsel

CivicMakers

Ernest Green

Investment Executive, Civil Rights Leader

CivicMakers

Rufus W. McKinney

Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Napoleon Brandford, III

Investment Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable DeLawrence Beard

Circuit Court Judge

SportsMakers, BusinessMakers

David R. Duerson

Football Player, Corporate Chief Executive

ScienceMakers

Samuel Massie

Chemistry Professor, Organic Chemist

CivicMakers

The Honorable Sandye Jean McIntyre, II

Foreign Languages Professor, Federal Government Appointee

PoliticalMakers

Bob Nash

Presidential Appointee

EducationMakers

Calvin Burnett

College President

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John H. Stroger, Jr.

County Commissioner

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Kwame John R. Porter

Community Activist, Minister

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Danny K. Davis

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Emmit J. McHenry

Telecommunications Entrepreneur, Telecommunications Chief Executive

EducationMakers, MedicalMakers

Dr. James Comer

Child Psychiatry Professor, Child Psychiatrist

ScienceMakers

Carl Spight

Academic Administrator, Physicist, Physics Professor

BusinessMakers

Reginald Webb

Restaurant Owner and Operator

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

John H. Johnson

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

MilitaryMakers

Gen. Harry Brooks, Jr.

Major General (Retired)

BusinessMakers

George Levi Knox, III

Corporate Executive

EducationMakers

David Levering Lewis

Historian, History Professor

MusicMakers

Donald White

Cellist

MusicMakers

Robert Lockwood, Jr.

Blues Guitarist

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Ronald Glass

Stage Actor, Television Actor

EducationMakers

Walter Broadnax

University President

LawMakers

James G. Potter

Corporate Lawyer

ReligionMakers

James H. Cone

Theologian

ReligionMakers

Reverend John H. Cross, Jr.

Pastor

MediaMakers

Monroe Anderson

Journalist, Editor

ArtMakers

Kevin Cole

Mixed Media Artist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Lloyd C. Elam

Psychiatrist, Psychiatry Professor

LawMakers

Robert Lewis Harris

Energy Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer, Corporate Lawyer

CivicMakers

Terrence Roberts

Community Activist

LawMakers

Gregory H. Williams

Academic Administrator, Lawyer, Law School Dean

BusinessMakers

Bezelee Martin

Retail Entrepreneur

MusicMakers

George Shirley

Music Instructor, Opera Singer

CivicMakers

Ozell Sutton

Civil Rights Activist, Community Leader

BusinessMakers

Jerry O. Williams

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Janet Langhart Cohen

Television Host, Television Producer

SportsMakers

Dennis Biddle

Baseball Player