Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Barack Obama

State Senator, President, U.S. Senator

EducationMakers

Ruth Love

Education Advisor, School Superintendent

MediaMakers

Wesley South

Radio Personality

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Curtis McClinton, Sr.

State Senator

CivicMakers

Floyd Powell

Police Chief

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Herman Roberts

Lodging Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

MediaMakers

Jim Tilmon

Airplane Pilot, Television Reporter, Meteorologist

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist

CivicMakers

Julia Reed Hare

Psychologist

EducationMakers

Nathan Hare

African American Studies Professor

EducationMakers

John Hope Franklin

African American History Professor

CivicMakers

Robert Goodwin

Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

ArtMakers

Nick Cave

Performance Artist, Art Professor

BusinessMakers

Edward D. Irons

Economist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Lee P. Brown

Mayor

PoliticalMakers

Ollie B. Ellison, Sr.

Foreign Service Officer

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Alyce Faye Wattleton

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Chief Executive Officer, Nurse

LawMakers

Keith H. Williamson

Corporate Executive, Corporate Lawyer

MediaMakers

Renee Ferguson

Television Reporter

ReligionMakers

Reverend Charles Richard Stith

Minister

EducationMakers

Thelma Lee Russell

Education Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Barbara Ann Teer

Arts Administrator

CivicMakers

Xernona Clayton

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

EntertainmentMakers

Robert Guillaume

Actor

MediaMakers

Chuck Stone

Journalism Professor, Newspaper Columnist

MusicMakers

Harold Wheeler

Music Composer, Music Producer

MusicMakers

Olly Wilson

Music Professor, Music Composer

EducationMakers, BusinessMakers

David A. Thomas

Business Professor, Economist, College President

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Willard Johnson

Political Science Professor, Genealogist

ArtMakers

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

Artistic Director, Dancer

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr.

Pastor