Maker Directory

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MediaMakers

Trymaine Lee

Journalist

MediaMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Will Griffin

Entertainment Chief Executive, Media Executive

EducationMakers

Nell Irvin Painter

Historian, Educator, History Professor, College President, Federal Cabinet Appointee

LawMakers

Neil Brown

Entertainment Chief Executive, Lawyer

LawMakers

The Honorable Kenneth M. Hoyt

Judge

MediaMakers

Norma Adams-Wade

Journalist

MediaMakers

Cheryl Smith

Journalist, Publisher

MediaMakers

Sheryl Hilliard Tucker

Magazine Publishing Chief Executive

StyleMakers

Stephen Burrows

Fashion Designer

MusicMakers

Marilyn McCoo

Singer, Actress

MediaMakers

Greg Mack

Radio Host

MediaMakers

Tai Beauchamp

Journalist, Entrepreneur

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Willie L. Brown

Mayor, State Assemblyman

MediaMakers

John E. Davis

Broadcast journalist, Media Executive

MusicMakers

Wayne Shorter

Saxophonist, Music Composer

CivicMakers

Billye Aaron

Civic Leader

ArtMakers

Ntozake Shange

Playwright, Author

EducationMakers

Martin Kilson

Political Science Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Marvin Pratt

Political leader

ArtMakers

Phylicia Rashad

Actress

MusicMakers

Cissy Houston

Singer

SportsMakers, LawMakers

Jimmie Lee Solomon

Sports Executive, Lawyer

MedicalMakers

Robert Currie

Healthcare Executive

BusinessMakers

Kenneth Bacon

Corporate Executive

ArtMakers

Willie Cole

Sculptor

PoliticalMakers

Rick Jennings

City Council Member

MedicalMakers

Dr. Joseph A. Pierce, Jr.

Anesthesiologist

MediaMakers

Charles Clifton Andrews, Jr.

Radio Host

SportsMakers

John Randle

Football Player

LawMakers

Rex Butler

Lawyer

CivicMakers

Mario Marcel Salas

Professor, Political leader, Political Activist

CivicMakers

Leslie A. Morris

Healthcare Administrator, Nonprofit Executive

SportsMakers

Troy Vincent, Sr.

Sports Executive

CivicMakers

Cornell William Brooks

Association Branch Executive

CivicMakers

Sister Claudette Muhammad

Civic Leader

MedicalMakers

Dr. Louis E. Baxter, Sr.

Physician

MedicalMakers

Dr. Brenda B. Spriggs

Rheumatologist

BusinessMakers

Joseph Powdrell

Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

James I. Cash, Jr.

Corporate Executive

EntertainmentMakers

Angelo A. Ellerbee

Talent Agent

LawMakers

Rufus Cormier

Lawyer

LawMakers

The Honorable John W. Peavy, Jr.

State Court Judge

LawMakers

James E. Payne

Lawyer

ArtMakers

Richard Wesley

Playwright, Screenwriter

CivicMakers

Linda Caldwell Epps

Academic Administrator, Nonprofit Executive, Nonprofit Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Savion Glover

Tap Dancer, Choreographer, Actor

MusicMakers

Cornelius Grant

Music Director

MediaMakers

Jonathan Capehart

Journalist

EntertainmentMakers

Kathleen McGhee-Anderson

Television Producer, Producer

SportsMakers

Joetta Clark Diggs

Track and Field Athlete