Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Sandra Marian Ann Grymes

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Gerard Peterson

Corporate Executive, Insurance Executive, Civic Leader

EntertainmentMakers

Robert Guillaume

Actor

CivicMakers, MusicMakers

Rickey Payton, Sr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Music Composer

CivicMakers

Grady Poulard

Business Consulting Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, Motivational Speaker, Federal Government Administrator

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

The Honorable William H. Gray, III

U.S. Congressman, Nonprofit Executive

MusicMakers

Samuel Gooden

Singer

MediaMakers

Marquita Pool-Eckert

Television News Producer

BusinessMakers

Patrick R. Gaston

Telecommunications Executive

MusicMakers

Scherrie Payne

Motown Singer, Songwriter

CivicMakers

Aurie Pennick

Foundation Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Alma Powell

Civic Leader

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Michael Powell

Telecommunications Lawyer, Federal Government Appointee

LawMakers

James G. Potter

Corporate Lawyer

MediaMakers

Sheryl Riley Gripper

Broadcast Executive

CivicMakers

James H. Gilliam, Sr.

Social Worker, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Harold Pates

Cultural Activist, College President, Teacher

ScienceMakers

Roderick Pugh

Psychology Professor

MedicalMakers

Deborah Prothrow-Stith

Academic Administrator, State Government Appointee, Public Health Professor, Health Advocate

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Anita J. Ponder

City Council Member, Museum Executive

MediaMakers

Monica Pearson

Television Anchor

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Thelma Gibson

Civic Leader, Nurse

CivicMakers

Sharon Gist Gilliam

City Government Official

MusicMakers

Odetta Gordon

Civil Rights Activist, Folk Singer, Songwriter

ArtMakers, StyleMakers

James Guilford

Painter, Barber

ScienceMakers

Larry Gladney

Physicist

EducationMakers

James Lowell Gibbs, Jr.

Cultural Anthropology Professor

EducationMakers

Marie Louise Greenwood

Elementary School Teacher

EducationMakers

Margaret Peters

High School Teacher, Historian

MusicMakers

Charley Pride

Country Singer, Country Music Singer

ArtMakers

Micki Grant

Actress, Lyricist, Songwriter

BusinessMakers

Ernesta G. Procope

Insurance Executive, Investment Banker

MediaMakers

Les Payne

Newspaper Reporter

SportsMakers

Mike Glenn

Television Sports Commentator, Basketball Player

SportsMakers

Calvin Peete

Golfer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Rogsbert Phillips

Surgeon

MedicalMakers, EducationMakers

Dr. Helene Gayle

Epidemiologist, University President

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Georgette Seabrooke Powell

Art Therapist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Painter

StyleMakers, BusinessMakers

Lisa Price

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Hair Care Manufacturer

ArtMakers

Suzan-Lori Parks

Playwright

ArtMakers

Howardena Pindell

Visual Artist, Curator

MediaMakers

Gale Horton Gay

Newspaper Editor

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Lucius P. Gregg

Aircraft Commander

BusinessMakers

Sarann Knight Preddy

Gaming Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Eleo Pomare

Dancer, Choreographer

CivicMakers

Gwendolyn Patton

Civil Rights Activist, Archivist

BusinessMakers

Nathaniel R. Goldston, III

Food Service Entrepreneur, Food Service Executive

LawMakers

Gloria Johnson Goins

Corporate Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Deborah A. Grant

Human Resources Executive

ArtMakers

Tyree Guyton

Public Artist