Class Year: 1988
Major at MC: Business Management
Senior Thesis Topic: Managing youth from a Christian perspective
Current Town/City of Residence: Knoxville, TN
Occupation: President/CEO Emerald Youth Foundation
Family: Sabrina Diggs ’90, Adam Diggs beginning MC in fall 2015 & Abby Diggs
At right, Mattie Smith, longtime Mechanicsville resident, and Dr. Jon Rysewyk, Emerald Academy School Director, listen to Steve Diggs at a press conference announcing the historic Moses School Building as the location of Knox County’s first public charter school and Emerald Youth soccer players Julio Rico, Hector Purulla, Abby Diggs and Lena Foster with Steve Diggs.
Steve Diggs, left, and Doug Kennedy, Emerald Youth Board of Trustees’ chair, right, with youths Taylor Bennett, Auggie Moultry, and James Nelson.
Larry Martin, Tennessee Commissioner of Finance and Administration, with Steve Diggs, at the 2014 Emerald Youth Foundation Legacy Dinner.
Cutting the ribbon at the restored pool at the E.V. Davidson Recreation Center are City of Knoxville Councilman Daniel Brown; Oscar Cruz; Tank Strickland of Mayor Rogero’s office; Fynal Barnes; senior pastor of Faith Promise Church Chris Stephens; Knoxville Parks & Recreation director Joe Walsh; TaTiyona Kaiser; Emerald Youth president and CEO Steve Diggs; and Terrance Rooks.
Steve Diggs, right, plays a spirited game of air hockey at Emerald Youth Foundation with Doug Kennedy, Emerald Youth Board of Trustees’ chair.
