Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

William G. Mays

Business Chief Executive

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

PoliticalMakers

Alice Palmer

State Senator

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

EducationMakers

Ruth Love

Education Advisor, School Superintendent

MediaMakers

Wesley South

Radio Personality

CivicMakers

Hana Stith

Community Leader

BusinessMakers

Anderson Jackson

Mortuary Owner

BusinessMakers

Abner Jean "Val" Jackson

Mortuary Owner, Civic Activist

LawMakers

The Honorable Jennifer Jones

Municipal Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Curtis McClinton, Sr.

State Senator

CivicMakers

Floyd Powell

Police Chief

MedicalMakers

Dr. Donald E. Jackson

Veterinarian

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Richard Hatcher

Law Professor, Mayor

BusinessMakers

Herman Roberts

Lodging Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Wendell Campbell

Architect

MediaMakers

Bonita Gooch

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

LawMakers

Reynaldo Glover

Corporate Chief Executive, Corporate General Counsel

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

MediaMakers

Jim Tilmon

Airplane Pilot, Television Reporter, Meteorologist

MediaMakers

Felicia Middlebrooks

Production Company Chief Executive, Radio News Anchor

BusinessMakers

Napoleon Brandford, III

Investment Executive

SportsMakers, BusinessMakers

David R. Duerson

Football Player, Corporate Chief Executive

PoliticalMakers

Ronald Walters

Political Science Professor, Political Advisor

BusinessMakers

The Honorable Marie Johns

Community Leader, Corporate Executive

CivicMakers

Julia Reed Hare

Psychologist

StyleMakers

Barbara Samuels

Business Consultant, Retail Buyer

EducationMakers

Geraldine D. Brownlee

Education Professor

EducationMakers

Nathan Hare

African American Studies Professor

EducationMakers

John Hope Franklin

African American History Professor

EducationMakers, MedicalMakers

Dr. James Comer

Child Psychiatry Professor, Child Psychiatrist

CivicMakers

Robert Goodwin

Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

StyleMakers

Leigh Jones

Hairstylist, Hair stylist

ScienceMakers

Carl Spight

Academic Administrator, Physicist, Physics Professor

BusinessMakers

Reginald Webb

Restaurant Owner and Operator

CivicMakers

Evelyn Gibson Lowery

Civil Rights Activist, Nonprofit Executive

BusinessMakers

Edward D. Irons

Economist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Lee P. Brown

Mayor

PoliticalMakers

Ollie B. Ellison, Sr.

Foreign Service Officer

MilitaryMakers

Gen. Harry Brooks, Jr.

Major General (Retired)

BusinessMakers

George Levi Knox, III

Corporate Executive

MediaMakers

Renee Ferguson

Television Reporter

MusicMakers

Donald White

Cellist

CivicMakers

Sokoni Karanja

Community Development Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

MilitaryMakers, BusinessMakers

Joseph Benjamin Anderson, Jr.

Entrepreneur, Military Officer, Corporate Executive

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Ronald Glass

Stage Actor, Television Actor

CivicMakers

Louise Hope

Music Instructor, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers

Xernona Clayton

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