Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

BusinessMakers

James Kaiser

Corporate Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Cecil Hale

Corporate Executive, Radio Personality

ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

CivicMakers

Joe Marshall

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Youth Advocate

PoliticalMakers

Gus Savage

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

LawMakers

The Honorable Ann Claire Williams

Federal Judge

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Clayborne, Jr.

Lawyer, State Senator

CivicMakers

Jorja Palmer

Community Activist

MediaMakers

Harry Porterfield

Television Personality

MediaMakers

Tavis Smiley

Publishing Chief Executive, Television Host

BusinessMakers

Lloyd Wheeler

Insurance Executive

MusicMakers

Ella Jenkins

Folk Singer

MediaMakers

Louis Dinwiddie

Radio Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Nathan Conyers

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

LawMakers

Edward Smith, Sr.

City Attorney

BusinessMakers

Albert W. Johnson

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

EducationMakers, LawMakers

john powell

Academic Administrator, Nonprofit Legal Director, Law Professor

BusinessMakers

Frederick C. Ford

Real Estate Executive

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Clay, Sr.

U.S. Congressman

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

CivicMakers

Mildred Cruzat

Community Leader, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

ReligionMakers

Bishop John Burgess

Bishop

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Della Reese-Lett

Television Actress, Singer

ArtMakers

Nick Cave

Performance Artist, Art Professor

EducationMakers

Robert Green

Academic Administrator

ArtMakers

E. Lynn Harris

Fiction Writer

EducationMakers

The Honorable Barbara Lett Simmons

Education Administrator

ArtMakers

Jon Onye Lockard

Muralist, Art Professor, Painter

CivicMakers, MedicalMakers

Alyce Faye Wattleton

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Chief Executive Officer, Nurse

MedicalMakers

Dr. William Alexander Jackson Ross

Orthopedic Surgeon, Physician

CivicMakers

Kenneth D. Rodgers

Youth Advocate

BusinessMakers

Darwin N. Davis, Sr.

Insurance Executive

LawMakers

Keith H. Williamson

Corporate Executive, Corporate Lawyer

LawMakers, MediaMakers

The Honorable Gregory Mathis

Federal District Court Judge, Television Personality

ReligionMakers

Reverend Charles Richard Stith

Minister

MediaMakers

Amyre Ann Makupson

Television Anchor

MusicMakers

Freda Payne

Stage Actress, Singer

BusinessMakers

Larry Brown

Auto Sales Entrepreneur

ReligionMakers

Reverend Joseph Evans

Pastor

EducationMakers

Thelma Lee Russell

Education Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Barbara Ann Teer

Arts Administrator

EntertainmentMakers

Robert Guillaume

Actor