Maker Directory

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MedicalMakers

Kenneth Carlton Edelin

Medical Professor, Obstetrician and Gynecologist

ArtMakers

Marla Blakey

Dancer, Choreographer

CivicMakers

Xernona Clayton

Foundation Chief Executive, Broadcast Executive, Television Host, Civil Rights Activist, Civic Leader

CivicMakers, MusicMakers

Rickey Payton, Sr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Music Composer

MediaMakers

Colbert I. King

Newspaper Editor, Newspaper Columnist

ArtMakers

Elizabeth Catlett

Printmaker, Art Professor, Sculptor

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Constance Rice

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civil Rights Lawyer

MediaMakers

Jay Harris

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Robert Hooks

Stage Producer, Actor

LawMakers

The Honorable Harold D. Melton

State Supreme Court Judge

ScienceMakers, EducationMakers

Shirley Ann Jackson

University President, Physicist

BusinessMakers

Juanita Baranco

Entrepreneur

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Mary Ivey

Minister

MilitaryMakers

Brig. Gen. Elmer T. Brooks

Brigadier General

StyleMakers

Patti Carpenter

Housewares Designer, Fashion Designer

BusinessMakers

Sarann Knight Preddy

Gaming Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Jose J. Mapily

Architect, Architecture Professor

ArtMakers

George W. Faison

Dancer, Choreographer

LawMakers

Karen Hastie Williams

Corporate Lawyer

CivicMakers

Jewell Jackson McCabe

Nonprofit Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

Calvin Coolidge Goode

City Council Member

MilitaryMakers

Col. Frederick Drew Gregory

Aircraft Commander

MilitaryMakers

Capt. Avis T. Bailey

Captain

CivicMakers

Marvin Perry

Banker, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sharon Pratt

Mayor

LawMakers

Theodore V. Wells, Jr.

Litigator

MusicMakers

Everett Greene

Singer

BusinessMakers

Clovis Prince

Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Forrest Crawford

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Barbara McKinzie

Association Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Dennis Hightower

Business Professor, Broadcast Executive

MusicMakers

Denyce Graves

Opera Singer

CivicMakers

Amina J. Dickerson

Museum Director

MediaMakers

Lena Williams

Newspaper Reporter

EducationMakers

Henry Ponder

University President

ArtMakers

Shari Carpenter

Filmmaker

StyleMakers

Leonard Davis

Fashion Designer

CivicMakers

Gail A. Hansberry

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Photographer

CivicMakers

Thomas Battle

Archivist, Cultural Heritage Chief Executive, Historian

ArtMakers

Ricardo Khan

Stage Director, Artistic Director

EntertainmentMakers

Russell Williams, II

Film Producer

BusinessMakers, MediaMakers

Monique Greenwood

Lodging Entrepreneur, Magazine Lifestyle Editor, Entrepreneur, Publisher

ArtMakers

Sandra Fortune-Green

Ballet Dancer, Dance Instructor

CivicMakers

Larzette Hale-Wilson

Accountant, Association Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Frank Washington

Broadcast Chief Executive, Media Executive

CivicMakers

Kathleen E. Bethel

African American Studies Librarian

MedicalMakers

Dr. St. Elmo W. Crawford

Dentist

ArtMakers

Sharon Farmer

Photographer

ScienceMakers

Legand Burge, Jr.

Academic Administrator, Electrical Engineer

ScienceMakers

George Jones

Biology Professor, Biologist