Board of Directors
Eugene Cho
Eugene and his wife, Minhee, are the founders of One Day’s Wages. He also serves as Executive Director of Q Cafe - a community non-profit cafe and music venue and the lead pastor of a church in Seattle, Washington. He received his B.A. from University of California, Davis and his Masters degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey.
He has great commitments to issues of mercy, justice, and compassion – much of which was formed through his research and vision trips to South Africa, Central America, Central Asia and Southeast Asia. He and his wife founded One Day’s Wages because they were simply challenged that while they couldn’t change the entire world, they could nevertheless make an impact in the lives of others. Their hope and vision is not to give handouts but to assist, equip and empower people to help one another lift themselves out of poverty.
He has been featured in numerous publications such as the New York Times, Seattle Times, NPR and CBS News. He and his wife, Minhee, have been married for 14 years and have three kids.
You can follow Eugene through his Twitter account.
Steve Brain
Steve is an experienced technology executive, who has a background in e-commerce and financial services. He is currently a technology director at Amazon.com, having moved to Seattle in 2005. At Amazon Steve has been involved in supply chain logistics, large scale systems and buying optimization areas. Prior to this he was employed at Instinet for five years where he served as Sr. Vice President, and Head of Systematic Trading. His accomplishments include the release of an algorithmic trading service which allows customers the opportunity to use its sales-trading expertise and advanced technology tools to interact with global securities markets, improve trading and investment performance and lowering overall trading costs. Prior to Instinet Steve worked for Merrill Lynch, Fidelity Investments and Citibank, working on real-time trading systems, spending time in London, Boston and New York. He started his career as a C++ developer on the Apple Macintosh.
Steve graduated with honors earning a Bachelor's in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Warwick, UK. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington with his wife and two children.
Steve joined the board of the One Day’s Wages because he is profoundly appreciative of the opportunities, health and provision we have and is very aware that this is atypical of the wider world we live in. He understands the capacity we have to impact the lives of others.
Cindy Wang Brandt
Cindy was raised as a true Third Culture Kid. Born and raised in Taiwan but attended an American International School, she is fluent in both Mandarin and English as well as versed in both cultures. She studied both Business and Theology at Wheaton College, and pursued a Masters in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary before embarking on a 6 year adventure in China with a Christian non profit organization. She now lives back in her hometown in Taiwan with her husband and two children, working as an administrative assistant at her children's school. She also runs an online girl's clothing business on the side.
Cindy has traveled extensively and seen poverty first hand in various places in Asia. She believes deeply in the vision of One Day's Wages and has been involved with the movement in hopes of becoming a louder advocate for the global poor.
Minhee Cho
Minhee and her husband, Eugene, are the co-founders of One Day's Wages.
Minhee was born in South Korea and moved to the United States in her 20s to begin her family and adventures with Eugene. They have three children and Minhee has spent most of her recent years as a "domestic engineer." Now that all their children are in public school, Minhee is back in graduate school studying Marriage & Family Therapy and learning to be a better counselor.
Minhee graduated from Songshin University and received her Masters degree in Psychology from Ehwa Women's University in South Korea.
Jason Koh
Jason is a dentist in Bellevue, Washington. He was born in Seoul, South Korea, immigrated to the United States in 1977 and has lived in various cities including North Carolina, New York, and eventually settling in the Seattle area. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1992 and graduated from UW dental school in 1996. He has been practicing dentistry through his private practice since 1997.
Jason is passionate about integrating his skills with the needs of the impoverished in the larger world. He has personally traveled to various places such as Mexico and Guyuan, China with other dentists to provide compassion, care, and services. He is married to his wife, Jinny, and have two sons with beautiful teeth.
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