Maker Directory

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StyleMakers

John Atchison, Jr.

Hair stylist, Salon Owner

MediaMakers

Hal Jackson

Radio Personality, Sports Promoter

BusinessMakers

William G. Mays

Business Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Marian Wright Edelman

Foundation Chief Executive

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

PoliticalMakers

Alice Palmer

State Senator

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

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

MedicalMakers

Dr. Donald E. Jackson

Veterinarian

EntertainmentMakers

Albert Stiles

Entertainer

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Richard Hatcher

Law Professor, Mayor

BusinessMakers

Wendell Campbell

Architect

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

MediaMakers

Bonita Gooch

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

LawMakers

Reynaldo Glover

Corporate Chief Executive, Corporate General Counsel

EducationMakers

Florida Yeldell

History Professor

EducationMakers, PoliticalMakers

Crain Woods

High School Teacher, City Council Member

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Latta Thomas

Philosophy and Religion Professor, Chaplain

EducationMakers

Kathleen Crosby

Elementary School Teacher, School Superintendent

MediaMakers

Felicia Middlebrooks

Production Company Chief Executive, Radio News Anchor

MedicalMakers

Dr. John W. Coleman, Sr.

Radiologist

BusinessMakers

Napoleon Brandford, III

Investment Executive

SportsMakers, BusinessMakers

David R. Duerson

Football Player, Corporate Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jacquelyn Grant

Academic Administrator, Minister, Theology Professor, Theologian

MedicalMakers

Dr. George Jenkins

Dentist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Raphael C. Lee

Plastic Surgeon

CivicMakers

Alexine Jackson

Civic Volunteer, Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

PoliticalMakers

Ronald Walters

Political Science Professor, Political Advisor

MediaMakers

Armstrong Williams

Media Commentator

BusinessMakers

The Honorable Marie Johns

Community Leader, Corporate Executive

StyleMakers

Barbara Samuels

Business Consultant, Retail Buyer

EducationMakers

Geraldine D. Brownlee

Education Professor

EducationMakers

Al-Tony Gilmore

Federal Education Administrator, History Professor

EducationMakers, MedicalMakers

Dr. James Comer

Child Psychiatry Professor, Child Psychiatrist

PoliticalMakers

Joseph Segars

Consul General, Foreign Ambassador

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

CivicMakers

Lilliette M. Council

Civic Volunteer, Community Activist

MilitaryMakers

Gen. Harry Brooks, Jr.

Major General (Retired)

BusinessMakers

George Levi Knox, III

Corporate Executive