Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

BusinessMakers

Anderson Jackson

Mortuary Owner

BusinessMakers

Abner Jean "Val" Jackson

Mortuary Owner, Civic Activist

LawMakers

The Honorable Jennifer Jones

Municipal Court Judge

MedicalMakers

Dr. Donald E. Jackson

Veterinarian

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Bonita Gooch

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

PoliticalMakers

Ronald Walters

Political Science Professor, Political Advisor

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist

StyleMakers

Leigh Jones

Hairstylist, Hair stylist

ArtMakers

Nick Cave

Performance Artist, Art Professor

CivicMakers

Evelyn Gibson Lowery

Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Alyce Faye Wattleton

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Chief Executive Officer, Nurse

LawMakers

Keith H. Williamson

Corporate Executive, Corporate Lawyer

ReligionMakers

Reverend Charles Richard Stith

Minister

CivicMakers

Sokoni Karanja

Community Development Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

MilitaryMakers, BusinessMakers

Joseph Benjamin Anderson, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Military Officer, Corporate Executive

EducationMakers

Thelma Lee Russell

Education Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Barbara Ann Teer

Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Louise Hope

Music Instructor, Nonprofit Executive

EntertainmentMakers

Robert Guillaume

Actor

MediaMakers

Chuck Stone

Journalism Professor, Newspaper Columnist

MusicMakers

Harold Wheeler

Music Composer, Music Producer

MusicMakers

Olly Wilson

Music Professor, Music Composer

EducationMakers, BusinessMakers

David A. Thomas

Business Professor, Economist, College President

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Willard Johnson

Political Science Professor, Genealogist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Delutha King

Urologist

ArtMakers

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

Artistic Director, Dancer