Maker Directory

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CivicMakers

Reverend Benjamin Hooks

Association Chief Executive, Minister, Civil Rights Activist, Association Executive

ReligionMakers

Reverend Calvin O. Pressley

Pastor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Charles B. Rangel

U.S. Congressman

LawMakers

Leroy C. Richie

Corporate General Counsel

LawMakers

The Honorable Russell B. Sugarmon

Municipal Court Judge

ArtMakers

Bennetta Nelson West

Arts Administrator

MediaMakers

Ernest Withers

Photojournalist

LawMakers

The Honorable D'Army Bailey

Circuit Court Judge

MedicalMakers

Dr. Lillian M. Beard

Medical Professor, Pediatrician

ScienceMakers

Clayton W. Bates, Jr.

Electrical Engineer, Physicist

ArtMakers

Isobel Neal

Art Gallery Owner

BusinessMakers

Quintin Primo, III

Investment Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Paul Cooke

College President

BusinessMakers

Calvin Darden

Corporate Executive

CivicMakers

Ann Cooper

Civic Leader

ScienceMakers

Albert Antoine

Chemist

MediaMakers

Samuel Yette

Newspaper Columnist, Author, Book Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Orlando L. Taylor

Academic Administrator, Communications Professor

EducationMakers

Jessica B. Harris

Culinary Historian, English Professor

BusinessMakers

James B. Lockhart

Corporate Executive

LawMakers

George Haley

Federal Government Appointee, Lawyer

EducationMakers

Robert B. Hill

Sociology Professor

EducationMakers

Jessie Gladden

Social Studies Curriculum Supervisor

EducationMakers

Rosalyn Terborg-Penn

History Professor

EducationMakers

Rafael Cortada

College President

CivicMakers

Dorothy McIntyre

Airplane Pilot

EntertainmentMakers

Daphne Maxwell Reid

Television Actress, Actress

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Charles Dryden

Tuskegee Airman

MediaMakers

Terrie Williams

Author, Public Relations Chief Executive

LawMakers

Carmel Marr

Lawyer, Legal Advisor

ArtMakers

Paul Carter Harrison

Playwright

EducationMakers

Hubie Jones

Social Worker, Academic Administrator

MusicMakers

Russell Simmons

Media Company Entrepreneur, Music Executive

PoliticalMakers

Wayne Curry

County Government Official

MusicMakers

Karen "Lady in Red" Briggs

Violinist

MusicMakers

Georg Koen

Lieder Singer

LawMakers

The Honorable Debra James

State Supreme Court Judge

ArtMakers

David Bodrick

Photographer, Photography Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Joan Sandler

Arts Administrator

MediaMakers, MusicMakers

Dyana Williams

Radio Personality, Music Producer

BusinessMakers

Cheryl McKissack Felder

Architect

LawMakers

The Honorable Theodore A. McKee

Appellate Court Judge

ArtMakers, MediaMakers

George Beach

Graphic Artist, Advertising Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Evangeline Montgomery

Printmaker, Curator, Mixed Media Artist

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr.

United States Attorney, Presidential Appointee

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