Maker Directory

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MediaMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Will Griffin

Entertainment Chief Executive, Media Executive

EducationMakers

Nell Irvin Painter

Historian, Educator, History Professor, College President, Federal Cabinet Appointee

LawMakers

The Honorable Kenneth M. Hoyt

Judge

MediaMakers

Norma Adams-Wade

Journalist

MediaMakers

Greg Mack

Radio Host

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Willie L. Brown

Mayor, State Assemblyman

MediaMakers

John E. Davis

Broadcast journalist, Media Executive

CivicMakers

Billye Aaron

Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marvin Pratt

Political leader

ArtMakers

Phylicia Rashad

Actress

SportsMakers, LawMakers

Jimmie Lee Solomon

Sports Executive, Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Kenneth Bacon

Corporate Executive

PoliticalMakers

Rick Jennings

City Council Member

MedicalMakers

Dr. Joseph A. Pierce, Jr.

Anesthesiologist

MediaMakers

Charles Clifton Andrews, Jr.

Radio Host

SportsMakers

John Randle

Football Player

CivicMakers

Mario Marcel Salas

Professor, Political leader, Political Activist

CivicMakers

Cornell William Brooks

Association Branch Executive

CivicMakers

Sister Claudette Muhammad

Civic Leader

MediaMakers

Alvin Patrick

Television News Producer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Brenda B. Spriggs

Rheumatologist

BusinessMakers

Joseph Powdrell

Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

James I. Cash, Jr.

Corporate Executive

LawMakers

Rufus Cormier

Lawyer

LawMakers

The Honorable John W. Peavy, Jr.

State Court Judge

LawMakers

James E. Payne

Lawyer

MusicMakers

Cornelius Grant

Music Director

EntertainmentMakers

Kathleen McGhee-Anderson

Television Producer, Producer

ReligionMakers

Reverend Frederick Douglass Haynes, III

Religious Leader

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Gabriella E. Morris

Foundation Chief Executive, Legal Advisor

EducationMakers

Louis E. Wilson

African American Studies Professor

CivicMakers

Harold Bailey

Nonprofit Executive, Civic Activist

LawMakers

Pamelya Herndon

Lawyer, Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Priscilla Hill-Ardoin

Corporate Executive

LawMakers

Annette Gordon-Reed

Historian, Professor, Lawyer

MilitaryMakers

The Honorable Charles Q. Brown

General

MusicMakers

John Richard Handy

Jazz Musician

ArtMakers

donnie l. betts

Filmmaker

CivicMakers

Bob Lydia

Civic Leader

BusinessMakers

Akwete Tyehimba

Bookstore Owner

SportsMakers

John B. Wooten

Football Player

ReligionMakers

Reverend Zan Wesley Holmes

Religious Leader

LawMakers

Craig Watkins

Lawyer

PoliticalMakers

Walter Furnace

State Representative

LawMakers

DeMetris Sampson

Lawyer

ReligionMakers

Reverend Cecil Williams

Religious Leader

LawMakers

David S. Huntley

Lawyer, Corporate Executive, Corporate General Counsel

ArtMakers

Terrence Spivey

Artistic Director

StyleMakers

Elgin Charles

Hairstylist, Hair stylist

BusinessMakers

Gerald B. Smith

Investment Banker