Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.

U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Allan Crite

Painter

EducationMakers

Dolores E. Cross

College President

StyleMakers

Veronica Jones

Fashion Retail Entrepreneur

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

The Honorable David N. Dinkins

Mayor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Richard Payne

Neurologist

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

EducationMakers

The Honorable Kenneth Smith, Sr.

University President

MusicMakers

Dionne Warwick

Singer

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

ArtMakers

Noel Mayo

Industrial Designer, Design Professor

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

ArtMakers

Zenobia Washington

Doll Artist

LawMakers

Adjoa Aiyetoro

Civic Activist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Lawyer

EducationMakers

Robert Beale

Chemistry Professor, High School Chemistry Teacher, Academic Administrator

CivicMakers

Mildred Cruzat

Community Leader, Civic Leader

EducationMakers

Theodore C. Landsmark

University President

MedicalMakers

Dr. Sampson Davis

Emergency Physician

ArtMakers

Jason Miccolo Johnson

Photographer

CivicMakers

Walter Hill, Jr.

Archivist, Historian, African American History Professor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Rameck R. Hunt

Emergency Physician

ReligionMakers

Bishop John Burgess

Bishop

CivicMakers

Lonnie G. Bunch, III.

Museum Chief Executive, Curator, Museum Director

EducationMakers

Carl Edwin Anderson

Academic Administrator

ReligionMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Michael A. Battle

Theologian, College President

MediaMakers

Roger Wilkins

Newspaper Columnist

ReligionMakers

Sister Patricia Ralph

Elementary School Principal, Nun

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Della Reese-Lett

Television Actress, Singer

ArtMakers

Nick Cave

Performance Artist, Art Professor

MusicMakers

Geraldine de Haas

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Singer

EducationMakers

Robert Green

Academic Administrator

ArtMakers

E. Lynn Harris

Fiction Writer

EducationMakers

The Honorable Barbara Lett Simmons

Education Administrator