top minority business leaders Tina Diggs changes course of lives By GIANNA TRACEY
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ina Diggs leads her career with love, passion for others and strong dedication to her work. “Loving others incorporates respect, care, commitment, partnership, reciprocity and energy,” Diggs said. Her passion lies with education and the interactions she has with students. Since 2014, Diggs has been the executive campus director of Carrington College in Tucson. She said taking the role has allowed her “to continue leading on an administrative level, while building relationships with students on an everyday basis.” To get to her current position, Diggs has taken many different steps in her career path. And, being a minority never ceased her dedication to being and doing more.
“Being a minority in this industry has given me the drive to make a difference and be adaptable to different situations,” Diggs said. She started out as a counselor for runaway youth and worked at a drug and alcohol treatment facility. She began to notice her passion for education as she shifted to career counseling and being a psychology instructor. “Although I didn’t begin my career in education, I have always seen myself as an educator,” Diggs said. She is attracted to education because, “you have the ability to change one’s thinking,” Diggs said. “If you can influence a student’s thinking, you can change their behavior and in turn change their family and their community.” The “sweet spot” for Diggs is seeing the development and progress her students make as they pursue their education at Carrington. “If a leader can inspire those around them, they can make a world of difference,” Diggs said.
COMMUNITY LEADER: Dr. Tina Diggs is executive director of Carrington College. PROVIDED IMAGE
David Adame President and CEO Chicanos Por La Causa
Nishant Anand, MD Chief medical officer Banner Health Network
Nicole Davis Member Baskin Richards
Adam leads CPLC,which provides political and economic empowerment to people to learn the skills and develop the resources necessary to become selfsufficient, offering a hand-up rather than a hand-out. CPLC’S areas of focus are economic development, education, health and human services and housing.
Anand, formerly senior medical director for Banner, was named chief medical officer in June 2015. Anand is an accomplished physician leader at Banner Health, and is board-certified in emergency medicine. Anand is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
Davis has a track record for counseling senior executives in spearheading operational improvements and developing multi-level strategic partnerships. She was deputy general counsel for former Gov. Janet Napolitano, has been a director for the Greater Phoenix Black Chamber of Commerce since 2012, and a member of Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton’s African American Leadership Roundtable since 2013.
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