Maker Directory

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MusicMakers

Joshie Jo Armstead

Singer, Songwriter

CivicMakers

Carolyn Young

Nonprofit Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Glenda Hatchett

Judge

ArtMakers

James Earl Jones

Actor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Otis Johnson

Mayor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Edna Jackson

Mayor

EducationMakers

Virginia Edwards Maynor

Educator

CivicMakers

John Finney

Nonprofit Executive

BusinessMakers

Thelma Sias

Corporate Executive

ArtMakers

Walter C Jackson

Sculptor

BusinessMakers

Virgis Colbert

Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Andrea Young

Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Lillian S. Williams

African American Studies Professor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Matthew Southall Brown, Sr.

Religious Leader

EducationMakers

Eleanor Traylor

African American Studies Scholar

EducationMakers

Adena Williams Loston

Academic Administrator, University President

CivicMakers

Ed Wesley

Senior Tax Advisor, Community Activist

SportsMakers

Jerry Lee Rice

Football Player

MediaMakers

Dahleen Glanton

Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Reporter

ScienceMakers

Carol Espy-Wilson

Electrical Engineer

ScienceMakers

Charles Magee

Agriculturalist

BusinessMakers

Jessica Isaacs

Corporate Executive

EducationMakers

Kim Cliett Long

Educator

CivicMakers

Stephen L. Williams

City Government Administrator

MediaMakers

Gwendolyn Quinn

Public Relations Expert

CivicMakers

Charles Evers

Civic Activist, Political leader

MediaMakers

Ruth Campbell

Public Relations Director

MediaMakers

Ronnie Agnew

Broadcast Executive

MusicMakers

Jessye Norman

Opera Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Robert G. Clark

State Representative

EducationMakers

Alexandria Holloway

Academic Administrator

EntertainmentMakers

Laurence Fishburne

Film Actor

EducationMakers

Matthew Holden, Jr.

Political Scientist

SportsMakers

Chester "Chet" Walker

Basketball Player

SportsMakers

Norman Ellard Nixon

Baseball Player, Talent Agent, Basketball Player

LawMakers

Gay Johnson McDougall

Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Johnnie Booker

Corporate Executive

ArtMakers

Mabel Robinson

Artistic Director, Actress, Director, Choreographer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Howard Nathaniel Lee

Mayor

MusicMakers

Toshi Reagon

Singer

BusinessMakers

Gerry Garvin

Chef

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Dr. Amos C. Brown

Pastor, Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

Lucius Outlaw

Professor

CivicMakers

Dwinita Tyler

Diversity Specialist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Timothy E. Tyler

Pastor

BusinessMakers

Carl Ware

Corporate Executive

BusinessMakers

Winston Pittman

Automobile Sales Entrepreneur

SportsMakers

Spencer Haywood

Basketball Player

BusinessMakers

William Pickard

Entrepreneur

MediaMakers, BusinessMakers

McGhee Williams Osse

Advertising Executive, Advertising Chief Executive