Staff & Interns
Eugene Cho | Executive Director
Eugene and his wife, Minhee, are the founders of One Day’s Wages. Eugene volunteers and leads the ODW team as the Executive Director. He's also the founder of Q Cafe - a community non-profit cafe and music venue and pastors a Christian 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 a great commitment to issues of mercy, justice, and compassion – much of which was formed through his research 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.
Eugene has been featured in numerous publications such as the New York Times, Seattle Times, and NPR. He and his wife, Minhee, have been married for 13 years and have 3 kids.
You can follow him on Twitter or his blog.
Email: eugene@onedayswages.org
Philip Keeton | Operations Director
Philip entered the field of Development and Aid from the world of academia; as a graduate student Philip focused his studies on Religious History and Philosophy, with a keen interest in the political history of social justice. It was through his studies and his previous job working with homeless families that he decided to pursue a career in Development to address the issues surrounding poverty. Philip came to ODW as a Marketing and Development Intern and upon his completion he came on board full time.
Philip lives in Kirkland, WA with his wife, Teri, their daughter Olivia and their twin sons, Landon and Liam.
He can be reached at philip@onedayswages.org
Joseph Jang | Volunteer Staff - Videographer
Joseph runs his own video production company called J2 Media based out of Seattle. He volunteers his time with ODW as a videographer and aims to help tell the story of both human beauty and reality. Joseph understands that while the realities of extreme poverty are real, there are more examples of human courage, dignity, and hopes to share some of that with the ODW community.
Joseph resides in Seattle with his wife and two wonderful children.
Jason Rust | Staff - Website
When Jason took a job in the computer department in college as a side job to pay for college he had no idea he would enjoy programming so much or that it would end up being a big part of his career. During the past ten years he has worked as a senior web developer at various businesses and schools. But when he moved up to Seattle in '06 he took the plunge off the deep end and started his own consulting firm, rusted code, which specializes in creating websites utilizing open-source technology (in the case of ODW, that would be Drupal) to produce great websites.
When not doing websites, Jason is living it up in the great outdoors of Seattle, or making something in the kitchen for his family.
Ann Tarleton | Finance Administrator
Ann is currently taking 5th year accounting courses at Central Washington University. Upon graduation in December 2010, she will be begin studying for the CPA Exam. Although she had substantial experience in the securities industry, Ann discovered her real love was accounting. Since October 2009, Ann has been volunteering as our accountant. One of her biggest tasks has been to set up a working accounting system on Quickbooks for Nonprofits. In addition she has set up internal controls over finances and inventory, made presentations of the financial statements to the Board of Directors, and is currently preparing our 990 tax form.
Ann serves the community as vice-president of her Homeowner’s Association, as a teacher in her church, and is planning a summer trip to Cambodia to build homes with Habitat for Humanity. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two teenage daughters, taking long walks with her golden retriever, or playing with her five grandchildren.
Pert Lin | Volunteer Staff - Marketing Team
Pert was born and raised in the city of Seattle, where he graudated from the University of Washington with a degree in Marketing. While in highschool and college, he spent his summers working with underprivileged youth in the Rainier Valley as a camp counselor and eventual camp head intern. Pert also had the opportunity to travel to Mexico and Taiwan with church missions teams to build houses, run children's programs, and coach basketball.
Pert has spent the past 2.5 years working as a consultant at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation where his passion for ending global poverty has grown. Specifically, he has gained an interest in learning how to combat human trafficking.
In his free time, Pert can be found playing basketball, strumming his guitar, listening to music, or taking long naps.
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