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Eugene Fields is a husband and father, the son and grandson of veterans, an award-winning communications professional, an award-winning journalist, a human rights advocate, a public finance watchdog and a working-class American.
Eugene is the son of an African American mother and a Japanese American father who was unjustly incarcerated in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. Raised in Los Angeles, Eugene grew up with a desire to "Change the World, One Person at a Time."
An Orange County resident for nearly 30 years, Eugene began his professional career as a reporter for the Orange County Register, winning state awards for his coverage of the largest mass murder in Orange County history.
He is an award-winning communications professional for the regional chapter of a national civil rights and advocacy nonprofit. Eugene is also an associate professor in the School of Business at Westcliff University in Irvine.
Eugene is the former co-chair of the OCTA Taxpayer Oversight Committee, recently finishing an unpaid three-year term monitoring the use of an estimated $13 billion of Measure M funds and ensuring that all revenue collected from Measure M is spent on voter-approved transportation projects.
He holds a Master of Public Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Communication, both from the University of Phoenix.
Eugene lives in Orange with his wife, Tonda and his daughter, MacKenzie.
