2016 Alumna of the year: Stephanie Argyros Gehl ('84)

Deb Lee
9/30/2016
Harbor Day alumna Stephanie Argyros Gehl (’84) is also a graduate of Corona del Mar High School and USC. She began her real estate career in Orange County, eventually becoming President and CEO of The Argyros Group. She married and had three children, all of whom attended Harbor Day School. Her twin girls, Lauren and Ashley are in eighth grade.  
 
Stephanie is also a philanthropist who has worked with The Argyros Family Foundation, CHOC Children’s Foundation, Orangewood Children’s Home, Starkey Hearing Foundation, and Operation Smile. She is extremely hands-on in terms of her work and after visiting Peru on a mission with Operation Smile in 2010, has fund-raised to help children receive nearly 125 necessary and life-changing surgeries.
 
Last year, Stephanie helped to co-found WE Day Los Angeles, a local arm of WE Day California which is a single-day event that celebrates global and local service student-led initiatives. The WE Schools program was introduced to the Harbor Day School community last fall. HDS students identified causes they cared about and implemented community service projects, which earned them a ticket to join thousands of Southern California students at the first WE Day in Los Angeles. Harbor Day students will continue working as a WE School partner in 2016-2017, and continue to grow this important student-driven community service program.
 
Stephanie credits Harbor Day School with teaching her at a young age to work hard and to be proud of who she is. She also learned to be a team player, which has helped her succeed as a businesswoman and drives her passion as a philanthropist, helping others in need.

Stephanie will address the student body during Wednesday Assembly on October 5.
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Harbor Day School is a co-educational private independent K-8 school established in 1952.