Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

BusinessMakers

William G. Mays

Business Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

PoliticalMakers

Gus Savage

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers

The Honorable Ann Claire Williams

Federal Judge

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

PoliticalMakers

Alice Palmer

State Senator

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Harry Porterfield

Television Personality

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

CivicMakers

Hana Stith

Community Leader

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Richard Hatcher

Law Professor, Mayor

BusinessMakers

Wendell Campbell

Architect

BusinessMakers

Nathan Conyers

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

LawMakers

Edward Smith, Sr.

City Attorney

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

EducationMakers, LawMakers

john powell

Academic Administrator, Nonprofit Legal Director, Law Professor

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

LawMakers

Reynaldo Glover

Corporate Chief Executive, Corporate General Counsel

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

MediaMakers

Felicia Middlebrooks

Production Company Chief Executive, Radio News Anchor

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Napoleon Brandford, III

Investment Executive

CivicMakers

Mildred Cruzat

Community Leader, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

SportsMakers, BusinessMakers

David R. Duerson

Football Player, Corporate Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

ReligionMakers

Bishop John Burgess

Bishop

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

The Honorable Marie Johns

Community Leader, Corporate Executive

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist

StyleMakers

Barbara Samuels

Business Consultant, Retail Buyer

EducationMakers

Geraldine D. Brownlee

Education Professor

EducationMakers, MedicalMakers

Dr. James Comer

Child Psychiatry Professor, Child Psychiatrist

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Della Reese-Lett

Television Actress, Singer

ArtMakers

Nick Cave

Performance Artist, Art Professor

ScienceMakers

Carl Spight

Academic Administrator, Physicist, Physics Professor

EducationMakers

Robert Green

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

Reginald Webb

Restaurant Owner and Operator

ArtMakers

E. Lynn Harris

Fiction Writer

EducationMakers

The Honorable Barbara Lett Simmons

Education Administrator