Event Archive: 2009 Citizen of the Year Annual Benefit Luncheon - Ohlone College Foundation

Biography: Steve Cho, Former Fremont Council Member

Steve Cho is a native Californian. He was born and raised in Los Angeles.

Steve attended Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri), where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics, and University of Southern California, where he received his Masters of Science degree in Computer Science.

Steve moved to the Bay Area in 1973 and worked as a Systems Analyst for Pacific Telephone in San Francisco. In 1974, he and his wife Amy were married and moved to Fremont to be equidistant between San Francisco and San Jose where Amy worked. Steve and Amy have one child, Beverly, who graduated from UC Berkeley with a BS in Chemistry and is finishing her third year of medical school at UC Irvine. His wife Amy is Business Process Lead for Henkel Corporation. Today, Steve is self-employed and operates a software consulting business in Fremont.

Since moving to Fremont in 1974, Steve has been active in many community and professional organizations. His community involvement includes being:

a member of the Board of Directors for the Organization of Chinese Americans (1974-1992, President 1978)
VP of Warwick Elementary PTA
Site Council at Thornton Jr High
President of Citizens for Better Community (1999 and 2007)
Board Member for APICS-Mission Peak Chapter (1980-1988, Member of the Year 1984)
member of the Fremont City Charter Committee (1997)
member of the Fremont Planning Commission (1998)

It is this community involvement that propelled Steve into becoming a Fremont City Councilmember where he served from 2000 to 2008.

Steve established himself as one of the hardest working and most visible councilmembers of Fremont. Steve served on the League of California Cities (LCC) Board of Directors and was the President of the LCC API Caucus. He is called the “ubiquitous” Cho because he is seen everywhere.

Currently, Steve is serving on the boards of CBC, Fremont Symphony Orchestra, Friends of Children with Special Needs, and the Quail Run HOA. He is active in the Niles Rotary and will also become the East Bay District Coordinator for the Boy Scouts of America in June, 2009.

Return to the 2009 Citizen of the Year Luncheon information.