Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Louise Hope

Music Instructor, Nonprofit Executive

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Nadine P. Winter

Community Activist, City Council Member

MusicMakers

Billy Taylor

Music Professor, Jazz Pianist, Music Composer

MilitaryMakers

Gen. Clara Adams-Ender

Military Officer

BusinessMakers

J. Veronica Biggins

Presidential Appointee, Corporate Executive

MedicalMakers

Dr. Delutha King

Urologist

EducationMakers

Rena Bancroft

College President

MilitaryMakers

Capt. Samuel Saxton

Captain

MediaMakers

Evelyn Cunningham

Journalist

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Lucius P. Gregg

Aircraft Commander

MediaMakers, MusicMakers

Bunnie Jackson-Ransom

Marketing Entrepreneur, Music Manager

MediaMakers

Fred Hunter

Newspaper Manager

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Kenneth G. Rodgers

Fine Artist, Curator, Art History Professor, Museum Director

EducationMakers

C. Eileen Watts Welch

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

James Speed

Insurance Executive

ArtMakers

Jefferson Eugene Grigsby

Fine Artist, Art Professor, High School Art Teacher

CivicMakers

Janet L. Sims-Wood

Historian, Reference Librarian

EntertainmentMakers

Jackee Harry

Television Actress, Actress

ReligionMakers

Bishop Eddie L. Long

Pastor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Marvin Griffin

Pastor

LawMakers

Teri McClure

Corporate Executive, Corporate General Counsel

MediaMakers

E. Lee Lassiter

Journalism Professor, Newspaper Columnist

BusinessMakers

Walter Douglas

Auto Sales Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, ArtMakers

Askia Touré

Civil Rights Activist, Poet

MedicalMakers

Dr. Levi Watkins

Medical Professor, Cardiac Surgeon

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen, Jr.

Lieutenant General (Retired)

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Togo D. West, Jr.

Government Lawyer, Presidential Appointee

ArtMakers

William T. Williams

Painter

MusicMakers

Michael Mauldin

Entertainment Manager, Record Executive

CivicMakers

Hattie B. Dorsey

Civil Rights Activist, Community Development Executive, Community Activist

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

Jamala Rogers

Community Activist, Newspaper Columnist

MediaMakers

Marguerita Le Etta Washington

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Dennis Terry

Nonprofit Executive

ArtMakers

Geraldine Rhodes Kennedy

Dance Group Manager

BusinessMakers

Charles Teamer, Sr.

Bank Chairman, Academic Administrator, Energy Executive, Banker, Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Armelia McQueen

Actress

BusinessMakers

Carole Brown

Investment Banker

EducationMakers

Harrell Spruill

High School Industrial Arts Teacher

BusinessMakers, SportsMakers

Gale Sayers

Entrepreneur, Football Player

EducationMakers

Darwin McBeth Walton

Educator

EducationMakers

Frank Jones

Academic Administrator

MilitaryMakers

Col. Norman McDaniel

Colonel (Retired)

ScienceMakers

Andrea Lawrence

Computer Science Professor, Computer Scientist

ScienceMakers

Calvin Howell

Physicist

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin

Theater Chief Executive, Library Director, Arts Administrator, Librarian

ScienceMakers

Dr. Charles Lovell, Jr.

Medical Scientist

MilitaryMakers

Maj. Gen. Alfred Flowers

Major General

ScienceMakers

Sondra Akins

Education Professor, Chemist

MusicMakers

Clarence Avant

Music Executive

ScienceMakers

Conrad Williams

Physicist, Physics Professor