Maker Directory

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LawMakers

Lani Guinier

Law Professor, Civil Rights Lawyer

EducationMakers

Katherine Jones

Civil Rights Activist, Historian, Nonprofit Executive, Academic Administrator

EducationMakers

Andre J. Hornsby

Education Chief Executive

StyleMakers, CivicMakers

Allene Singho Roberts

Corporate Executive, Association Chief Executive, Model

MediaMakers

Richard Claude Steele

Radio Personality

BusinessMakers

Charles Tribbett

Executive Recruiter

BusinessMakers

Kirk Anthony Sykes

Real Estate Developer

MusicMakers

Julius P. Williams, Jr.

Conductor

CivicMakers

William Gerald Fletcher, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

George Cylie Fraser

Business Networking Chief Executive

StyleMakers

Audrey Lavinia Smaltz

Fashion Show Stage Manager

ScienceMakers

Robert Sherwood Dorsey

Mechanical Engineer

MilitaryMakers, ScienceMakers

Renaldo M. Jensen

Military Officer, Aerospace Engineer

MediaMakers

Ronald H. Brewington

Broadcast Executive

MediaMakers

Barbara Heineback

Public Relations Executive

SportsMakers

William Baxter

Basketball Official

ArtMakers

Arthur Wellesley French

Stage Actor, Film Actor, Stage Director

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Helen Marshall

Borough President

LawMakers

Randolph Michael McLaughlin

Civil Rights Lawyer

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Gen. Joe N. Ballard

Military Officer

EducationMakers

Lorenzo Morris

Political Science Professor

CivicMakers

Vera Thelma Shorter

Community Activist

ArtMakers

Douglas Turner Ward

Playwright, Actor, Director

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Diahann Carroll

Film Actress, Singer

CivicMakers

Grady Poulard

Business Consulting Chief Executive, Civil Rights Activist, Motivational Speaker, Federal Government Administrator

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

The Honorable William H. Gray, III

U.S. Congressman, Nonprofit Executive

MediaMakers

Wayne Dawkins

Newspaper Editor, Author

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

The Honorable Jerome W. Mondesire

Association Branch Executive, Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive, Association Executive

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Andrew Young

Civil Rights Leader, Mayor

ArtMakers

Edward Clark

Painter

CivicMakers

Ilyasah Shabazz

Civil Rights Leader

BusinessMakers

Barry Williams

Private Equity Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook

Pastor

MusicMakers

Mohandas "Kool Moe Dee" DeWese

Hip Hop Artist

MedicalMakers

Dr. Felton James Earls

Medical Professor, Public Health Professor, Medical Scientist

ArtMakers

Lynn Nottage

Playwright

MilitaryMakers

Rusty Burns

Flight Instructor, Tuskegee Airman

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Byron Rushing

Museum Director, State Representative, Civil Rights Leader

CivicMakers

Harry Robinson, Jr.

Curator, Museum Executive

MusicMakers

Willie Brown, Jr.

Opera Singer

SportsMakers

John Carlos

Track and Field Athlete

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Vincent Harding

Theologian, Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

James Lowell Gibbs, Jr.

Cultural Anthropology Professor

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marc H. Morial

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Mayor

BusinessMakers

Edwin Rigaud

Production Company Entrepreneur, Corporate Executive

BusinessMakers

David A. Smith

Real Estate Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Stanley Nelson

Film Producer, Documentary Filmmaker

BusinessMakers

Ernesta G. Procope

Insurance Executive, Investment Banker

MedicalMakers

Dr. Walter Young

Civil Rights Activist, Dentist

CivicMakers

Sonjia W. Young

Civic Leader