Maker Directory

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BusinessMakers

Ronald Brown

Investment Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Leatrice McKissack

Architect

LawMakers, EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Larkin Arnold

Talent Management Chief Executive, Entertainment Lawyer, Music Executive

CivicMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Dick Gregory

Civil Rights Activist, Comedian

SportsMakers

Mannie Jackson

Corporate Executive, Basketball Team Owner

MediaMakers

Alfred Richard Fornay

Magazine Beauty Editor

MediaMakers

Russ Mitchell

Television News Anchor

ArtMakers

Rita Frances Dove

Fiction Writer, English Professor, Poet

MusicMakers

Nancy Wilson

Singer

BusinessMakers

Harry Johns

Accountant

CivicMakers

Bernice Irene Sumlin

Association Chief Executive

LawMakers

Deborah Lathen

Corporate Lawyer

ReligionMakers

Reverend Bill Lawson

Pastor

ReligionMakers

Reverend Henry Mitchell

Religion Professor, Religious Leader

MediaMakers

Clarence Page

Newspaper Columnist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Cardiss Collins

U.S. Congresswoman

BusinessMakers

Martin Nesbitt

Transportation Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Maya Angelou

Poet

MediaMakers, PoliticalMakers

Myron Lowery

Television Anchor, City Council Member, Mayor

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Lamonte McLemore

Photographer, Singer

ArtMakers

Martha Jordan

Dancer

EducationMakers

Dorothy Harrison

Elementary School Teacher

BusinessMakers, PoliticalMakers

James O. Webb

Insurance Executive, Mayor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Christopher Leggett

Cardiologist, Healthcare Executive

MusicMakers

James Ingram

Musician, Songwriter, R & B Singer

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Freeman Bosley, Jr.

Lawyer, Mayor

CivicMakers

Cornelius "Boots" Shepard

Railroad Chef

EducationMakers

John Harris

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers, PoliticalMakers

Steven Roberts, Sr.

Entrepreneur, City Alderman

PoliticalMakers, BusinessMakers

Michael Roberts, Sr.

City Alderman, Entrepreneur

CivicMakers

Lois Conley

Museum Chief Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Anne-Marie Clarke

Family Court Commissioner, Hearing Officer

EntertainmentMakers

Reginald Hudlin

Film Director, Broadcast Executive, Television Director

ArtMakers

Ken Page

Actor

CivicMakers

Hilary Shelton

Civic Leader

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. C.T. Vivian

Civil Rights Leader, Minister

ScienceMakers

Deborah M. Sawyer

Environmental Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Eric Carmichael

Investment Banker

ScienceMakers

James Shoffner

Organic Chemist

MediaMakers

Jerry Revish

Television News Anchor

ArtMakers

Queen Brooks

Visual Artist

ArtMakers

Kojo Kamau

Photographer

EducationMakers

Gene Harris

School Superintendent

CivicMakers, EducationMakers

Lewis E. Dodley

Motivational Speaker, Youth Advocate

LawMakers

The Honorable Yvette McGee Brown

State Supreme Court Judge

ScienceMakers

Keith Jackson

Physicist, Physics Professor

ScienceMakers

Oliver McGee, III

Civil Engineer, Engineering Professor

ScienceMakers

Julius Jackson

Microbiologist

MusicMakers

Janie Bradford

Songwriter

ScienceMakers

Gary May

Electrical Engineer, Academic Administrator