Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

William G. Mays

Business Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

PoliticalMakers

Gus Savage

U.S. Congressman

LawMakers

The Honorable Ann Claire Williams

Federal Judge

PoliticalMakers

Alice Palmer

State Senator

EducationMakers

Ruth Love

Education Advisor, School Superintendent

MediaMakers

Wesley South

Radio Personality

MediaMakers

Harry Porterfield

Television Personality

CivicMakers

Hana Stith

Community Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Curtis McClinton, Sr.

State Senator

CivicMakers

Floyd Powell

Police Chief

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Richard Hatcher

Law Professor, Mayor

BusinessMakers

Herman Roberts

Lodging Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Wendell Campbell

Architect

BusinessMakers

Nathan Conyers

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

LawMakers

Edward Smith, Sr.

City Attorney

EducationMakers, LawMakers

john powell

Academic Administrator, Nonprofit Legal Director, Law Professor

LawMakers

Reynaldo Glover

Corporate Chief Executive, Corporate General Counsel

MediaMakers

Jim Tilmon

Airplane Pilot, Television Reporter, Meteorologist

MediaMakers

Felicia Middlebrooks

Production Company Chief Executive, Radio News Anchor

BusinessMakers

Napoleon Brandford, III

Investment Executive

CivicMakers

Mildred Cruzat

Community Leader, Civic Leader

SportsMakers, BusinessMakers

David R. Duerson

Football Player, Corporate Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

Bishop John Burgess

Bishop

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

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Della Reese-Lett

Television Actress, Singer

CivicMakers

Robert Goodwin

Foundation Chief Executive, Nonprofit Executive

ScienceMakers

Carl Spight

Academic Administrator, Physicist, Physics Professor

EducationMakers

Robert Green

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

Reginald Webb

Restaurant Owner and Operator

BusinessMakers

Edward D. Irons

Economist

ArtMakers

E. Lynn Harris

Fiction Writer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Lee P. Brown

Mayor

PoliticalMakers

Ollie B. Ellison, Sr.

Foreign Service Officer

EducationMakers

The Honorable Barbara Lett Simmons

Education Administrator

MilitaryMakers

Gen. Harry Brooks, Jr.

Major General (Retired)

ArtMakers

Jon Onye Lockard

Muralist, Art Professor, Painter

BusinessMakers

George Levi Knox, III

Corporate Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. William Alexander Jackson Ross

Orthopedic Surgeon, Physician

CivicMakers

Kenneth D. Rodgers

Youth Advocate

BusinessMakers

Darwin N. Davis, Sr.

Insurance Executive

LawMakers, MediaMakers

The Honorable Gregory Mathis

Federal District Court Judge, Television Personality

MediaMakers

Renee Ferguson

Television Reporter