Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

Peter Bynoe

Real Estate Executive

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

Mary Schmidt Campbell

Academic Administrator, Art Curator

EducationMakers

Bernice Baynes Brown

Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Kenneth Crooks

Nonprofit Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

SportsMakers

Julius L. Richardson

Golf Instructor

MilitaryMakers

Col. William R. Thompson

Tuskegee Airman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.

Pastor

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

BusinessMakers

Emma Chappell

Banker

LawMakers

The Honorable George N. Leighton

Federal District Court Judge

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MilitaryMakers

Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer, Airplane Pilot

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

MedicalMakers

Renee J. Amoore

Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Executive, Nurse

MediaMakers

A. Bruce Crawley

Public Relations Manager, Public Relations Chief Executive

MusicMakers

Kenny Gamble

Civic Activist, Lyricist

ArtMakers

Richard Long

Author

CivicMakers

Charles Blockson

African Diaspora Historian, Curator, Archivist

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Albert Richard Sampson

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Calvin Morris

Social Activist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Minister, Theologian, Nonprofit Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

Brenda Gaines

Business Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers

Howard Dodson

Historian, Library Director

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

BusinessMakers

Knowlton R. Atterbeary

Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Frank Lucas

Graphic Designer

ArtMakers

Elma Lewis

Theater Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

MediaMakers, LawMakers

Ronald Davenport

Radio Station Owner, Law School Dean

CivicMakers

Bernyce Ayesha Hassan-Fletcher

Presidential Secretary, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Leonard Haynes, III

Foundation Chief Executive, Academic Administrator, University President

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

ArtMakers

Doris Jones

Artistic Director, Dance Instructor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Marvin Shelton

Orthopedic Surgeon

EducationMakers

William Smith

Education Executive

EntertainmentMakers

Stan Lathan

Television Producer

CivicMakers

Warren Marr, II

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Nannette Kindle Mitchell

County Government Administrator

ArtMakers

Vivian D. Hewitt

Art Collector, Librarian

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

MediaMakers

Stuart Rankin

Advertising Manager