Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

Walter Clark

Banker, Financial Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frank Clark

Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

James W. Compton

Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Thomas J. Burrell

Advertising Chief Executive, Entrepreneur

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Roland Burris

State Attorney General, State Comptroller, U.S. Senator

MediaMakers

Bill Campbell

Television Host

EntertainmentMakers

Reuben Cannon

Film Casting Director, Television Producer, Film Producer

ArtMakers

Dawoud Bey

Photographer

MediaMakers

Barbara Boyd

Television Reporter

LawMakers

Leo Branton, Jr.

Entertainment Lawyer, Litigator

ArtMakers

Abena Joan P. Brown

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Oscar Brown, Jr.

Poet, Entertainer, Music Composer, Actor

MusicMakers

Regina Harris Baiocchi

Music Composer

MusicMakers

Chuck Barksdale

R & B Singer

SportsMakers

Robert Beamon

Long Jumper

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

LawMakers

The Honorable Sterling Johnson, Jr.

Federal Judge

BusinessMakers

Eric Johnson

Corporate Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Emil Jones, Jr.

State Senator

MediaMakers

Herb Kent

Radio Personality

ArtMakers

Samuel Greenlee

Fiction Writer, Poet

SportsMakers

Jerry Harkness

Basketball Player

MediaMakers

Hermene Hartman

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Vy Higginsen

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Richard Hunt

Sculptor, Painter

MediaMakers

Barry A. Mayo

Broadcast Entrepreneur, Radio Program Director

BusinessMakers

Richmond McCoy

Private Equity Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Lester McKeever

Accountant

CivicMakers

Peggy Montes

Museum Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Katherine Dunham

Choreographer, Dancer, Dance Instructor

MediaMakers

Russ Ewing

Television Reporter

CivicMakers

James Forman

Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Edward Gardner

Personal Care Entrepreneur

MediaMakers

Earl G. Graves, Sr.

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Haki Madhubuti

Author

LawMakers

Jewel Lafontant-MANkarious

Lawyer

MediaMakers

Merri Dee

Television Personality

BusinessMakers

N. John Douglas

Broadcast Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Carol Moseley Braun

U.S. Senator

MedicalMakers

Dr. Alvin Poussaint

Psychiatrist

MediaMakers

Richard Pegue

Radio Personality, Radio Program Director

BusinessMakers

John Rogers, Jr.

Investment Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Warner Saunders

Television Reporter

CivicMakers

Reverend Al Sharpton

Community Activist, Minister, Civil Rights Leader

MusicMakers

Eddie Thomas

Music Promoter

MusicMakers

Marshall Thompson

Drummer, Singer

BusinessMakers

Dempsey J. Travis

Real Estate Entrepreneur, Historian

MusicMakers

William Warfield

Singer

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable William Sylvester White

Juvenile Court Judge, Military Officer