Maker Directory

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LawMakers

Patricia Mell

Law School Dean

EntertainmentMakers

Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr.

Actor

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Janet Angel MacLachlan

Stage Actress, Film Actress

LawMakers

Lani Guinier

Law Professor, Civil Rights Lawyer

EducationMakers

Katherine Jones

Civil Rights Activist, Historian, Nonprofit Executive, Academic Administrator

StyleMakers, CivicMakers

Allene Singho Roberts

Corporate Executive, Association Chief Executive, Model

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Louis Stokes

U.S. Congressman

MediaMakers

Richard Claude Steele

Radio Personality

BusinessMakers

Kirk Anthony Sykes

Real Estate Developer

MusicMakers

Julius P. Williams, Jr.

Conductor

PoliticalMakers

Charles "Chuck" Turner

City Council Member

CivicMakers

William Gerald Fletcher, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive

MediaMakers

George Cylie Fraser

Business Networking Chief Executive

StyleMakers

Audrey Lavinia Smaltz

Fashion Show Stage Manager

MediaMakers

James Eugene Clingman, Jr.

Syndicated Columnist

CivicMakers

Steven A. Minter

Foundation Executive

MediaMakers

Donald A. Coleman

Advertising Chief Executive

MilitaryMakers, ScienceMakers

Renaldo M. Jensen

Military Officer, Aerospace Engineer

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

S. Pearl Sharp

Playwright, Film Actress, Stage Actress, Poet

MediaMakers

Ronald H. Brewington

Broadcast Executive

MediaMakers

Barbara Heineback

Public Relations Executive

SportsMakers

William Baxter

Basketball Official

ArtMakers

Arthur Wellesley French

Stage Actor, Film Actor, Stage Director

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Helen Marshall

Borough President

LawMakers

Randolph Michael McLaughlin

Civil Rights Lawyer

MediaMakers

Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynolds

Author, Media Company Chief Executive, Newspaper Columnist

EducationMakers

Lorenzo Morris

Political Science Professor

CivicMakers

Vera Thelma Shorter

Community Activist

LawMakers, MediaMakers

Stanley Tolliver, Sr.

Civil Rights Lawyer, Radio Host

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Diahann Carroll

Film Actress, Singer

MediaMakers

Wayne Dawkins

Newspaper Editor, Author

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

The Honorable Jerome W. Mondesire

Association Branch Executive, Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive, Association Executive

BusinessMakers

Robert Billingslea

Corporate Executive

BusinessMakers

Gregory Wayne Jones

Insurance Chief Executive, Investment Banker, Insurance Executive

CivicMakers

Ilyasah Shabazz

Civil Rights Leader

BusinessMakers

Barry Williams

Private Equity Chief Executive

ReligionMakers

The Honorable Reverend Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook

Pastor

MusicMakers

Mohandas "Kool Moe Dee" DeWese

Hip Hop Artist

ArtMakers

Lynn Nottage

Playwright

EducationMakers

Manning Marable

Academic Administrator, African American Studies Professor

ArtMakers

Stephanie Hughley

Arts Administrator, Producer

CivicMakers

Beverly E. Smith

Management Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Byron Rushing

Museum Director, State Representative, Civil Rights Leader

SportsMakers

John Carlos

Track and Field Athlete

MusicMakers

Evelyn Freeman Roberts

Bandleader, Music Composer, Musician

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Vincent Harding

Theologian, Civil Rights Activist

EducationMakers

James Lowell Gibbs, Jr.

Cultural Anthropology Professor

EducationMakers

Charles Henry

African American Studies Professor

BusinessMakers

Ralph Tyler

Engineering Executive

LawMakers

The Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones

Association General Counsel, Federal Circuit Court Judge