Selection Committee

Carl Hathaway
Radia Alouache
Dan Aron
Lauren Oelkers Baker
      Paul Baryames
David Brooks
Vincent LaPadula


     Carl E. Hathaway
Selection Committee Chairman, Jefferies Family Scholarship

Carl was a Senior Vice President in the Trust and Investment Division and Vice Chairman of Trust Committee of Morgan Guaranty Trust 1959-1981. He formed Hathaway & Associates Ltd in 1981 and later Hathaway Partners in 1995.
Harvard University
Cornell University, Graduate School of Business
Appointed to the Selection Committee in 1981.
 

     Radia Alouache
Selection Committee Member, Jefferies Family Scholarship

Associate Director of Admission, Loyola Marymount University
Woodbury University
Post graduate work in Education, UCLA extension
Graduate School of Education, Mount St. Mary's College
Appointed to the Selection Committee in 2007.
 

     Dan Aron
Selection Committee Member, Jefferies Family Scholarship

Head Trader, Levin Capital Strategies
From 1983-1989 he was a sales trader with
Salomon Brothers in New York, Chicago, and Tokyo
Indiana University
Appointed to the Selection Committee in 2007.
 

     Lauren Oelkers Baker
Selection Committee Member, Jefferies Family Scholarship

Nurse Practitioner Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Georgetown University, Washington DC
Graduate School of Nursing at Columbia University, NY
JFS Recipient 1992-1997 & 2000-2002
Appointed to the Selection Committee in 2009.
 

     Paul Baryames
Selection Committee Member, Jefferies Family Scholarship

Independent Business Owner and Former VP/Manager Equities Trading, Itros Capital Management
Appointed to the Selection Committee in 2005.
 

     David Brooks
Selection Committee Member, Jefferies Family Scholarship

Senior Vice President and Director of Global Equity Trading at The Boston Company Asset Management LLC.
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Appointed to the Selection Committee in 2005.
 

     Vincent LaPadula
Selection Committee Member, Jefferies Family Scholarship

Vice President, JP Morgan Private Bank
Master in Public Administration, City University of New York
Juris Doctorate , Saint John's University School of Law
JFS Recipient 1989-1992
Appointed to the Selection Committee in 2007.


Follow your dreams and study what you are passionate about. Doing something you love every day is not work!

Kate Giannini, JFS Alumni


Challenge yourself as much as possible. Take the hardest courses you can. Don't worry too much about majors/minors. Study what you're passionate about, what interests you. Find a good balance between school and a social life; don't burn yourself out on either.

Matt Giannini, JFS Alumni






  • The average total cost for just one year at a private four-year college exceeds $33,000, according to CollegeBoard.com.
  • For the last two years, forty percent of JFS recipients' parents reported total family incomes under $100,000 and many of our scholarship winners are being raised by single parents.
  • Nineteen percent of Jefferies' employees make less than $75,000 per year.