Background
Robinson, Jewell Daughter of Maxie Cleveland and Doris Jones Robinson.
Actor arts and education administrator
Robinson, Jewell Daughter of Maxie Cleveland and Doris Jones Robinson.
Bachelor, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1959. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Goucher College, Towson, Maryland, 2003.
Executive assistant to director Washington Urban League. Staff associate to president National Council Negro Women, Washington. Division manager United Givers Fund (United Way).
Vice president TransCentury Corporation. Deputy director National Board The Young Men's Christian Association, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Congressional Affairs, Washington, 1978—1979. Executive director Ellington Fund (Ellington School of the Arts), 1978—1982.
Member board Washington Ballet, 1979—1981, Washington Stage Guild, since 1990.
Member board Whitman Walker Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Clinic, Washington, 1992—2000. Volunteer AIDSWalk; Member of American Federation television and Radio Artists, Screen Actors Guild, Actors Equity Association.
Married James Douglass Shepperd (divorced). Children: Randall Jeffrey Shepperd, Scott Douglass Shepperd.