Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder

Governor

PoliticalMakers

Reverend Curtis Harris

Mayor, Pastor

SportsMakers

William Maurice Bennett

College Track Coach, College Football Coach

LawMakers

The Honorable Wilford Taylor

Circuit Court Judge

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary T. Christian

State Delegate

LawMakers

The Honorable Robert Mack Bell

Appellate Court Judge, Lawyer, Judge

ScienceMakers

Owen Nichols

Academic Administrator, Physicist

EducationMakers

Phillip L. Clay

Academic Administrator, Chancellor

SportsMakers

Katherine Bennett

Academic Administrator, College Basketball Coach

EducationMakers

Mary Hatwood Futrell

Academic Administrator, Education Chief Executive

MedicalMakers

Ella Mizzell Kelly

Academic Administrator, Medical Administrator

PoliticalMakers, BusinessMakers

William Norman, Sr.

Association Chief Executive, Presidential Aide, Transportation Executive

CivicMakers

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

Nonprofit Chief Executive

CivicMakers, MediaMakers

A. B. Spellman

Federal Government Official, Author

ReligionMakers

Reverend Marcus Garvey Wood

Pastor

ScienceMakers

Julian Manly Earls

Physicist

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Oz Scott

Stage Director, Television Director, Television Producer

MediaMakers

Charles F. Harris

Book Publishing Executive

ArtMakers

Louis Johnson

Dancer, Choreographer

CivicMakers

Richard G. Womack

Executive Assistant, Association Chief Executive

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Gerald Lamb

State Treasurer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Nadine P. Winter

Community Activist, City Council Member

CivicMakers

Valerie Richardson Jackson

Civic Leader

LawMakers, CivicMakers

Lynn Jones Huntley

Civil Rights Lawyer, Foundation Executive

MusicMakers

Billy Taylor

Music Professor, Jazz Pianist, Music Composer

MilitaryMakers

Gen. Clara Adams-Ender

Military Officer

CivicMakers

Effie Lee Morris

Library Administrator

BusinessMakers

J. Veronica Biggins

Presidential Appointee, Corporate Executive

EducationMakers

Rena Bancroft

College President

EducationMakers

Rachel Noel

Education Chief Executive

MediaMakers

Mary Cherry

Production Worker, Publisher

MilitaryMakers

Capt. Samuel Saxton

Captain

LawMakers

Elaine Jones

Civil Rights Lawyer

MediaMakers

Evelyn Cunningham

Journalist

ScienceMakers

Ronald Mickens

Physicist

LawMakers

The Honorable Frankie Freeman

U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner

MilitaryMakers

Lt. Col. Lucius P. Gregg

Aircraft Commander

MediaMakers, MusicMakers

Bunnie Jackson-Ransom

Marketing Entrepreneur, Music Manager

ArtMakers

Billie Allen

Actress, Stage Director

MediaMakers

Fred Hunter

Newspaper Manager

ArtMakers

Cheryl Willis Hudson

Fiction Writer

PoliticalMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Hazel O'Leary

Cabinet Appointee, University President

SportsMakers

Earl Francis Lloyd

Basketball Player

ArtMakers

Naomi Long Madgett

Poet, English Professor

BusinessMakers

William M. Lewis, Jr.

Corporate Executive, Investment Chief Executive

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Kenneth G. Rodgers

Fine Artist, Curator, Art History Professor, Museum Director

EducationMakers

C. Eileen Watts Welch

Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

James Speed

Insurance Executive

ArtMakers

Jefferson Eugene Grigsby

Fine Artist, Art Professor, High School Art Teacher

CivicMakers

Janet L. Sims-Wood

Historian, Reference Librarian