Julieanna Richardson Founder and Executive Director

Julieanna Richardson has a diverse background in corporate law, television production and cable television. A graduate of Brandeis University (Theatre Arts and American Studies) and Harvard Law School, she worked as a corporate lawyer prior to serving in the early 1980s as the Cable Administrator for the City of Chicago's Office of Cable Communications. There she established the Chicago Cable Commission, the City's regulatory body. She went on to found Shop Chicago, a regionally based TV home shopping channel. Then, for eight years, her production company, SCTN Teleproductions, managed three local cable channels for TCI, the nation's largest cable operator. Currently, Julieanna Richardson serves on the Board of Directors of Lawyers for the Creative Arts, the Nature Museum, Chicago Dramatists Workshop and the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau.

Scott Stearns Technical Services Manager

Scott Stearns joined The HistoryMakers after establishing a career in media production. Scott served as Director of Photography and Co-Producer of the cultural affairs documentary, JUBA-Masters of Tap and Pecussive Dance. Scott is overseeing all phases of content production from acquisition of videotaped oral histories to the sampling of the interviews on The HistoryMakers web site.

Crystal Foster Project Director

Crystal Foster has been a part of The HistoryMakers since its inception. She is a graduate of Chicago State University where she studied broadcast communications. Before joining The HistoryMakers, Crystal worked with SCTN TeleProductions as an assistant producer. Crystal is responsible for managing the office, arranging national travel arrangements and scheduling interviews.

Keith Huckaby Director of Community Relations and Programming

Keith Huckaby joined The HistoryMakers after having worked for the Shedd Aquarium, Chicago's Navy Pier and DisneyQuest. He is a past board member and Vice President for the American Marketing Association's division for non-profits and the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association. Keith is responsible for The HistoryMakers event

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