Maker Directory

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LawMakers

The Honorable Frankie Freeman

U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner

ArtMakers

Preston Jackson

Sculptor

BusinessMakers

David Steward, Sr.

Technology Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Billie Allen

Actress, Stage Director

BusinessMakers

Paul McDonald

Technology Entrepreneur, Technology Executive

ArtMakers

Cheryl Willis Hudson

Fiction Writer

PoliticalMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Hazel O'Leary

Cabinet Appointee, University President

SportsMakers

Earl Francis Lloyd

Basketball Player

MedicalMakers

Prudence Burrell

Nurse

ArtMakers

Naomi Long Madgett

Poet, English Professor

BusinessMakers

William M. Lewis, Jr.

Corporate Executive, Investment Chief Executive

EntertainmentMakers

Marla Gibbs

Television Actress, Actress

MediaMakers

Tyrone Taborn

Publishing Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Hollis Underwood

Internal Medicine Physician

EducationMakers

Joyce Moore Gray

Education Consultant, Principal

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Loann Honesty King

Program Administrator, Educator

MediaMakers

Robin Robinson

Television News Anchor

MediaMakers

Robert Dale

Advertising Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Frances Graves Carroll

Education Executive, Education Instructor, Education Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Michelle L. Collins

Investment Banker

BusinessMakers

John Hooker

Energy Executive

BusinessMakers, CivicMakers

Rufus Williams

Accountant, Civic Leader

LawMakers

Demetrius Carney

Corporate Lawyer

EducationMakers

Maxine B. Mimms

Academic Administrator, Education Professor

MusicMakers

Ramsey Lewis

Jazz Pianist

MediaMakers

Theresa Fambro Hooks

Newspaper Columnist

ArtMakers

Daniel Texidor Parker

Art Collector

EducationMakers

Christopher R. Reed

History Professor

CivicMakers

Andrew Heidelberg

Banker, Civic Leader, Cultural Heritage Lecturer

EducationMakers

Cassandra Newby-Alexander

History Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William E. Ward

History Professor, Political Organizer, Mayor

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Imam Vernon Fareed

Civic Leader, Imam

SportsMakers

Ralph Sampson

Basketball Player

ScienceMakers, MilitaryMakers

Col. James Stith

Physicist, Colonel

CivicMakers

Marlene Randall

City Government Administrator

EducationMakers, CivicMakers

Patricia Turner

Middle School Teacher, Civil Rights Activist

BusinessMakers

Joyce E. Tucker

Corporate Executive

EducationMakers

Thomas C. Holt

African American History Professor

EducationMakers

Lauranita Dugas

City Education Administrator, Teacher

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

The Honorable Ertharin Cousin

Food Service Executive, Foreign Ambassador

CivicMakers

Cleo F. Wilson

Nonprofit Administrator, Foundation Executive

LawMakers

Richard Clayter

Trial Lawyer

SportsMakers

Harry Edwards

Civic Activist, Sociology Professor

ScienceMakers

John Watson

Biochemistry Professor, Biochemist

ReligionMakers

Sister Mary Alice Chineworth

Teacher, Nun

CivicMakers

Jerry Fanion

Civil Rights Activist, City Government Administrator

CivicMakers

Marvis Kneeland Jones

Civil Rights Activist

MediaMakers

Marian Cullers

Advertising Executive

BusinessMakers

Kenneth L. Coleman

Technology Executive

BusinessMakers

Elyse White

Travel Agent, Medical Social Worker