Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Diann Burns

Television News Anchor

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Frank Greene, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Investment Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

MedicalMakers

Dr. Harold Freeman

Oncologist

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

BusinessMakers

R. Donahue Peebles

Real Estate Entrepreneur

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith

Minister

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Rickey Hendon

State Senator

MusicMakers

Charles Burrell

Classical Bassist

EducationMakers

William King

Ethnic Studies Professor

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

EducationMakers

Janet Purnell

Academic Administrator, Elementary School Principal, Elementary School Teacher

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MedicalMakers

Gloria Rookard

Nurse, Chief Executive Officer

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

MedicalMakers

Dr. James Bowman

Medical Professor, Pathologist, Geneticist

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Anna Langford

Civil Rights Lawyer, City Alderman

LawMakers

The Honorable Denise Page Hood

Federal District Court Judge

EducationMakers

Sylvester Small

School Superintendent

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Jackson

Civic Activist, City Government Official

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

ReligionMakers

Father Richard L. Tolliver

Priest

CivicMakers

Harold Rogers

Social Activist, African American Studies Professor

LawMakers

Willie Leftwich

Lawyer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers, ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

Civil Rights Leader, U.S. Congressman, Pastor

CivicMakers

Marlene Rankin

Foundation Chief Executive, Social Worker

LawMakers

Charles T. Duncan

Government Lawyer, Law Professor, Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Kent B. Amos

Corporate Executive, Education Chief Executive, Elementary School Principal

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

ArtMakers

Florence Ladd

Fiction Writer, Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Gloria Owens Hemphill

Foundation Executive, Education Administrator, Civic Leader

MediaMakers

Paul Brock

Photojournalist, Journalist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Edward Brooke

U.S. Senator

MilitaryMakers

Roscoe C. Brown

Academic Administrator, Tuskegee Airman

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

SportsMakers

Norm Van Lier

Basketball Player

MedicalMakers

Dr. Leslie D. Duke, Sr.

General Practitioner

EducationMakers

Richard Fairley

Federal Education Executive

BusinessMakers

Raymond Haysbert, Sr.

Business Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Charlene Drew Jarvis

University President

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

CivicMakers

Yvonne Seon

Historian