Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

The Honorable Julian Bond

Association Chief Executive, State Senator, Civil Rights Activist, State Representative, Librarian

ArtMakers

Allan Crite

Painter

EducationMakers

Dolores E. Cross

College President

MediaMakers

Vernon Jarrett

Newspaper Columnist, Television Host, Radio Host

StyleMakers

Veronica Jones

Fashion Retail Entrepreneur

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Reverend Clay Evans

Minister, Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Holmes "Daddy-O" Daylie

Radio Personality

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable David N. Dinkins

Mayor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Richard Payne

Neurologist

MediaMakers

Bob Petty

Television Reporter

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable John Rogers, Sr.

Juvenile Court Judge, Tuskegee Airman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Jesse Madison

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Barack Obama

State Senator, President, U.S. Senator

EducationMakers

The Honorable Kenneth Smith, Sr.

University President

MusicMakers

Dionne Warwick

Singer

BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

SportsMakers

Ricardo Patton

College Basketball Coach

ArtMakers

LeRoy Winbush

Graphic Designer

ArtMakers

Noel Mayo

Industrial Designer, Design Professor

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

ArtMakers

Zenobia Washington

Doll Artist

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

Playwright, High School English Teacher, Theater Professor, Theater Director, Arts Administrator

MediaMakers

Dorothy B. Gilliam

Newspaper Columnist

EducationMakers

Robert Beale

Chemistry Professor, High School Chemistry Teacher, Academic Administrator

EducationMakers

Richard E. Stephenson, Jr.

School Superintendent

CivicMakers

Eddie Williams

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Sampson Davis

Emergency Physician

CivicMakers, BusinessMakers

Fred Davis

Insurance Entrepreneur, City Council Member, Civil Rights Leader, Entrepreneur

LawMakers

Rita Aliese Fry

Public Defender

MusicMakers

Isaac Hayes

Film Actor, Musician and Singer, Film Score Composer

MusicMakers

Fred Jones

Entertainment Promoter, Music Manager

LawMakers

Herman Morris, Jr.

Energy Chief Executive, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Reverend Benjamin Hooks

Association Chief Executive, Minister, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Rameck R. Hunt

Emergency Physician

LawMakers

The Honorable Russell B. Sugarmon

Municipal Court Judge

CivicMakers

Lonnie G. Bunch, III.

Museum Chief Executive, Curator, Museum Director

ArtMakers

Bennetta Nelson West

Arts Administrator

MediaMakers

Ernest Withers

Photojournalist

LawMakers

The Honorable D'Army Bailey

Circuit Court Judge

CivicMakers

Ann Cooper

Civic Leader

MediaMakers

Samuel Yette

Newspaper Columnist, Author, Book Publishing Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

Sister Patricia Ralph

Elementary School Principal, Nun

EducationMakers

Orlando L. Taylor

Academic Administrator, Communications Professor

LawMakers

George Haley

Federal Government Appointee, Lawyer

MusicMakers

Geraldine de Haas

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Singer

MusicMakers

Georg Koen

Lieder Singer

LawMakers

The Honorable Debra James

State Supreme Court Judge

BusinessMakers

Cheryl McKissack Felder

Architect

BusinessMakers

Ronald Jewell

Maintenance Company Chief Executive, Entrepreneur