Alumni Awards

Please join us in congratulating the 2021 Alumni Award Winners. Presented by the Alumni Society, these annual awards celebrate our alumni’s many achievements while at EA and beyond.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS Mark Hoplamazian ’81

Mark Hoplamazian ‘81 is the current President and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corp. In this role, he oversees more than 925 properties and 120,000 employees in more than 60 countries. Mark graduated from Harvard University in 1985, where he studied economics. He became a Wall Street analyst before earning a Master’s of Business Administration at The University of Chicago in 1989. He then began working under Jay Pritzker for the Pritzker Organization in Chicago. In 2005, he was selected to be its president, and to manage its merchant banking and investment activities as the principal financial and investment advisor to various Pritzker familyowned companies. One of these companies was Hyatt, which was founded by Jay Pritzker in 1957. Following the Great Recession in 2008 and 2009, Mark and the Hyatt team led the largest expansion in Hyatt’s history, doubling the number of hotels in the portfolio, achieving higher growth for Hyatt’s core brands, and expanding to 10 new brands over the past 13 years. Mark attributes his work ethic to his upbringing in suburban Philadelphia. Mark was the youngest of five children and his father, Harry, was a landscape architect and contractor. When Mark was 13, his father died from his fourth heart attack at the age of 53. “As a 13 year old, you don’t really have great context for financial security. Even though my mom would say everything is fine and I shouldn’t worry about the future, I always had financial security on my mind.” Mark attended Episcopal for Upper School, where he was involved with soccer, squash, football, chess, glee club, Student Council, Scholium (served as co-editor as a senior), Tabula, Vestry (served as senior warden), Math Club (served as co-president as a senior), and Hospitality (served as chair as a senior—a presage of his future at Hyatt). His rare relaxation activities include adventure travel and family immersion getaways, such as safaris in Africa, biking in France, hiking in Central America, and fishing in Idaho. “Nothing compares with the times when I can totally unplug and fully connect with my family while we’re exploring new things together, fully immersed and totally engaged in the moment,” he said.

SERVICE TO EA Charles W. Ogelsby, Jr. ’63

After attending Episcopal, Charlie Ogelsby ‘63 received both a Bachelor of Science and a Master’s of Business Administration from Temple University. He began the financial portion of his career at Price Waterhouse in Philadelphia, followed by various controller and chief financial officer positions with a variety of companies in the greater Philadelphia area. He says the most fun he’s had in his career has been with his involvement with two family businesses. First, he enjoys working with his wife, Carol, and daughter, Ali, in residential real estate sales as part of The Ogelsby Group. He also enjoys working with his son, Matt, to bring lacrosse programs to the greater San Francisco area. As a senior at Episcopal, Charlie was president of the Student Fund, as well as the Spirit Committee. As stated in the 1963 Tabula, “In these two areas he displayed a desire to raise the extra-curricular life of the Academy.” He also lettered in football and track. For decades, Charlie has been a class agent and a loyal contributor to Episcopal. He was a key member on his class’ 25th & 50th Reunion Committee. In 1999, he was elected to the Alumni Board of Managers, serving for eight years before being elected to president, and thereby becoming a member of the EA Board of Trustees from 2005-07. Charlie has also been an active member of the EA Athletic Hall of Fame Committee since its inception in 2000. However, Charlie’s most memorable and enduring contribution to EA has been in his role as master of ceremonies for the Alumni Awards programs since 2005. Charlie was actually the impetus behind combining the originally separate events and awarding Episcopal’s traditional awards at the same ceremony as the Athletics Hall of Fame inductions. As emcee for each of the Alumni Awards programs (11 in total since 2005), he has communicated and coordinated with individual awardees and team representatives in order to prepare biographies and remarks. As emcee, Charlie maintained an air of celebration and honor for each awardee.

COMMUNITY SERVICE Won Shin ’85

Won Shin ‘85 has been a dedicated servant in his community since his time at Episcopal. He lives by two principles grounded by a single purpose: First, the principle that education drives professional growth and independence; Second, that community responsibility is just as important as professional achievement. Both principles are grounded in Won’s personal statement of purpose in life, to be an example of what is achievable. After graduating from Episcopal, Won attended Texas Christian University and graduated from University of Texas at Arlington before getting his law degree at Southern Methodist University. As assistant deputy mayor, he served as Mayor Ed Rendell’s executive director of the Mayor’s Commission on People with Disabilities. Won went on to practice as a trial attorney representing people with disabilities. Currently, he is a managing director in international tax and transaction services at Ernst and Young in Philadelphia. He served on the Ernst and Young national steering committee for AccessAbilities, a professional resource network within the firm. Recently, Won was instrumental in the donation of a hand cycle to the Pennsylvania Center for Adaptive Sports from the Ernst and Young Philadelphia office. Won recently completed a nine-year term on the Board of Directors of the Inglis Foundation, was a member of the Board of School Directors for the Marple Newtown School District, is a peer mentor at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, where he talks with newlyinjured patients and their families, and served on the Board of Directors of Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis & Education. In 2015 he was awarded the Magee Champion in the Community Award.

ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS David Bradley ’84

After graduating from Episcopal and Yale University, David Bradley ‘84 has enjoyed a 30-plus year career in the arts and is one of the Philadelphia area’s most in-demand, prolific, and highly respected theatrical directors. He specializes in boundary-crossing artistic collaborations which explore civic and community themes. David has directed more than 30 productions at People’s Light Theatre in Malvern. He has collaborated often with Temple University’s Institute on Disabilities, including directing A Fierce Kind of Love, a play telling the story of the intellectual disabilities rights movement in Pennsylvania, which has had multiple sold-out runs. He is also an Artistic Director of Living News at the National Constitution Center, where he directed Fighting for Democracy. In 2008, David cofounded LiveConnections, which specialized in music education and socially-engaged music. In 2019, it merged with World Café Live, where David continued to produce education and community programs. He’s a contributor to The Philadelphia Citizen and his commentary has been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Daily News, and the Philadelphia Business Journal. David also teaches Arts Leadership at Arcadia University. In 2020, David was honored with a 2020 Leadership Award from the Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia and a Brighter Futures award from the City of Philadelphia’s Intellectual Disabilities Services for his work in accessibility and the arts. He and his wife Margaret Berger Bradley live in Northwest Philadelphia and are parents to sons Jacob and Noah.

YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD Medha Khandelwahl Agarwal ’06

Medha Agarwal ’06 entered Episcopal in 1995. While at Episcopal, she was involved in the Spanish Honors Society, Outward Bound, Student Council, Scholium, Mock Trial, and The Domino Club. Medha studied abroad in Delhi, was recognized as a National Merit Scholar, and named to The Cum Laude Society. She also lettered in water polo, swimming, and rowing. After Episcopal, Medha went on to attend Harvard University, graduating with high honors in social studies in 2010, and was a member of the varsity lightweight crew team. She wrote her thesis on social identity, focusing on second generation Muslim youth in America post 9/11. Medha also earned her Master’s in Business Administration at The Harvard Business School. After business school, Medha worked at Thumbtack, skedge.me, and Bain & Company. She also co-founded Roomidex, a website to help people find roommates within their networks. She currently invests in early stage startups at Redpoint Ventures across consumer, fintech, healthcare, and other technology businesses. Her investments include Tend and Smile Direct Club. Medha was featured in Connections magazine in 2013 as part of EA’s “20 Under 30” for her work in co-founding Roomidex, and in the fall 2019 in “Facets of Future Leaders.” Outside of work, she was a founding board member and advisor to Project HEAL, a nonprofit that funds treatment for those with eating disorders and promotes healthy body image. She currently lives in San Francisco, California with her husband and daughter.