Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

BusinessMakers

William G. Mays

Business Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

PoliticalMakers

Alice Palmer

State Senator

EducationMakers

Ruth Love

Education Advisor, School Superintendent

MediaMakers

Wesley South

Radio Personality

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

CivicMakers

Hana Stith

Community Leader

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Curtis McClinton, Sr.

State Senator

CivicMakers

Floyd Powell

Police Chief

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Richard Hatcher

Law Professor, Mayor

BusinessMakers

Herman Roberts

Lodging Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Wendell Campbell

Architect

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

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

Jim Tilmon

Airplane Pilot, Television Reporter, Meteorologist

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

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

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

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

ArtMakers

Nick Cave

Performance Artist, Art Professor

ScienceMakers

Carl Spight

Academic Administrator, Physicist, Physics Professor

BusinessMakers

Reginald Webb

Restaurant Owner and Operator

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)