For more than two decades, Walker served as executive producer of CNN’s Larry King Live. In 2005, King presented Walker with the First Amendment Service Award at a dinner hosted by the Radio and Television News Directors Association and Foundation. Before starting at CNN—Walker was at the network from its founding—she had been a secretary at the Washington,…

Wannamaker earned a master’s degree in biology from North Carolina State University and in 2003 received her law degree from Stanford University. After clerking for the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, she drew upon her background in biology and served three years as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division,…

Warner is director of the comprehensive writing program at Spelman College, where she is also an associate professor of English. She received an M.A. from Hollins and a Ph.D. from Emory University with a specialty in U.S. literature. She has published articles on Harriet Jacobs, Toni Morrison, John Berryman, early African American literature, and writing and technology.…

(1908 – 2002) Wilson graduated with a degree in chemistry and went on to become an accomplished actress on Broadway and to receive a Tony nomination. She directed plays, performed with the USO, and worked in television and movies. She pursued her interest in art by studying with Margaret Stark and Rafael Soyer in New York City.…

Wolf was a founder and then executive director of the Environmental Action Coalition, which started New York City’s first Earth Day celebration in 1970. After retiring from EAC, she became an environmental education consultant and coauthored the book Plastics: America’s Packaging Dilemma. She has introduced inner city youth to the joys of nature through the Urban Woodlands Project and has worked to include environmental education in standard school curricula.…

Woodie apprenticed with Philadelphia sculptor Alex Generalis and his partner, Tom Miles, after graduation. After five years in their studio, she moved to New York City, where she worked for a model maker, often producing props for photo shoots. She created her own business that makes models for toys before they are mass produced. Her clients include Nickelodeon,…