Recipients – Past & Present

The Jefferies Family spans more than two decades, assisting aspiring students and encouraging excellence at institutions around the world.

JOANNE ABAD
Alverno High School, 1998
California State University, Los Angeles

MONINA ABAD
San Gabriel Mission High School

HILLA ABEL
University of California, Berkeley, 2000
UC, Berkeley School of Optometry, 2005

MATAN ABEL
Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School, 2001
The Art Institute of California, Los Angeles

NICOLAS ALBANO
St. John's University

DAVID ALLYN
Babson College, 1997

JAIME ALTAMIRANO
University of California, Riverside, 2000

JAVIER ALTAMIRANO
California State University, Northridge
Santa Monica Community College, 2005

JOSEPH ALTAMIRANO
University of California, Los Angeles, 1998

NINOSKA ALTAMIRANO
Bringham Young University

LYNN ANDERSON
California Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1995

ELISABETH ARMSTRONG
Northwestern University
San Diego Mesa College

JAMES ARMSTRONG, JR.
University of Illinois, Urbana, 1988

DUNCAN BARE
Karl Franzens Univ/Univ of Graz

MALCOLM BARE
Oratory Preparatory

GENEVIEVE BARTELS
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 2005

STACEY BAXTER
Sarah Lawrence College, 1985

KHRISTIAN ERICH BAUER-ROWE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ASHLEE BETHANY
Vanguard University

ZACHARY BIEL
Purdue University
Montana State University, Bozeman

ELEANOR BIGGERS
Smith College, 2005

CHRISTINE BOGUSLAWSKI
Johnson & Wales University, 1999

LAURIE BOGUSLAWSKI
Seaton Hall University, 1996
St. John's University, 1998

BARBARA BROWNING
Ohio State University, Columbus, 1990

BEN BUDISH
University of Michigan

KENNETH BUREN
Rutgers University, 1989

LYNN BUREN
Monmouth College, 1993

JOSEPH CAO
University of California, Los Angeles, 2005

STEVEN CAO
University of California, Los Angeles, 2007

KARINNE COLON
Manhattan College

CHRISTOPHER CARECCIA
St. Joseph's University

STEVEN CARECCIA
Rutgers University

FRANK CARSELLO
University of Illinois, Urbana, 1994

JOHN CARSELLO
Indiana University, 1999

TAMI CESSNA
Mount San Antonio College, 1997

STEPHANIE CHAPPELL
University of the Pacific, 1990

JOSEPHINE CHILES
Boston College, 2003

MELISSA CLANCY
The Art Institute of Dallas
Richland Community College

JILL CONROY
Fairfield University, 1999
Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law, 2003

KRISTINA CONROY
Fairfield University, 1996

NICOLE CONTI
Moore Catholic High School, 1989
Marist College, 1993

KIMBERLY COUGHLIN
University of Miami, 1991

MELANIE CRAFFEY
Rutgers University

MATTHEW CRAFFEY
Georgetown University, 2002

ANISSA CRUZ
Bishop Ford CCHS

JOSEPHINE CUDA
Cornell
Teachers College -
Columbia University:
Graduate School of Education

MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM
University of Rhode Island

ANNIE DAHER
Dartmouth College, 2007

ALEXANDRA DALFERRO
Columbia University

REGINA VON IGNATIUS de WETTER
University of California, Los Angeles, 1990
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1993

DANIELLE DICKERSON
Montclair University, 2007

MELANIE DEATS
Laboratory Institute of Merchandising, 2005

MICHAEL DESOUZA-STRADONE
Pennsylvania State University

CARY DICRISTINA
University of Georgia, Athens, 1993

LINDA DILBECK
Pasadena City College
Chapman College

JACK DOKOZYAN
Los Angeles Valley College
Loyola Marymount University, 2005

KABRIS DOKUZYAN
Los Angeles Valley College
CSUN

ELIZABETH DUNN
Wheelock College, 1982

JENNIFER DUNN
Marymount High School, 2002

JOHN DUNN
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1988

MARY DUNN
University of Massachusetts, Boston 1984

MARIA ECONOMOU
St. John's University

KENNETH EDDLESTONE, JR.
Louisiana State University

GREGORY EISNER
University of California, Irvine, 1994
Loyola Law School, 1997

VALERIE EVANGELISTA
Marymount High School, 2000
University of California, Santa Barbara, 2004

VANESSA EVANGELISTA
Marymount High School, 1998
University of California, Los Angeles, 2002

VANIA EVANGELISTA
Marymount High School, 2001
University of California, Berkeley, 2005

EDWIN EVINS
Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1993

ELEANOR EVINS
Southwestern University, Memphis, 1982
South Connecticut State University, New Haven

AMBER FAHEY
University College London

KATHERINE FATICA
Brown University, 2004

BRIDGET FIELD
Valparaiso University, 1986

THOMAS FINCK
Clarkson University, 1986

EMILY F FINN
St. Joseph's University (PA)

NICOLE LOCKE FINN
Southern Methodist University, 2002

FRANK FLORIO
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
East Stroudsburg University

PHILIP FLORIO
Mercy Learning Center

RACHEL FREMONT
University of Chicago, 2007

REUVEN FRIDKIS
Telshe Yeshive, Chicago, 2006

SOPHIE GAFFARENA
University of Nottingham

KATHERINE GIANNINI
School of the Sacred Heart, 1996
Saint Mary's College, 2000

MATTHEW GIANNINI
University High School, 1997
New York University, New York, 2001

CASANDRA GIRARDI
Boston College, 2005

JAMES GIRONDA
State University of New York, Potsdam, 2003

MATTHEW GIRONDA
State University of New York, Delhi

JACOB GLAVIN
University of Illinois

IRA GLUCK
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1995
University of California, Irvine, 1998

STACY GLUCK
Syracuse University, 1991
Yeshiva University, 1996

ANNE GOLE
SUNY Binghamton

GABRIEL GOMEZ
CW Post campus, Long Island University

KARLA GUTIERREZ
California State University, Northridge

DEBRA HALASZYNSKI
California State University, Northridge, 1988

CHARLES HAMMOND
West Virginia University

CARLOS H. HANCO JR.
Princeton University, 2009

CHRISTINA HANCO
Mount Saint Mary Academy

SAMANTHA L. HANCO
Bryn Mawr College

SAMANTHA HART
University of California, Irvine, 2006

KRISTI HEDREEN
University of Colorado, Boulder
Austin Community College, 1993

CHERILYN HEFTER
Vanderbilt University, 1997
University of Texas, Dallas, 1999

ERIKA HEFTER
University of Tulsa, 1999

ALAN HERRICK
Washington & Lee University, 1992
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, 1995

SYLVI HERRICK
Hamilton College, 1989
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising,
San Francisco, 1992

CATHERINE HILL
University of Georgia

SAMANTHA HERASME
Pennsylvania State University

KAREN HERZOG
University of Southern California, 1984

BIANCA HOLLEY
Arapahoe Community College

JAMIE HUI
Bennington College

CARRIE HYMAN
Northwestern University

BRENT JANSEN
St. Mary's College of Maryland, 2002

PETER JANSEN
Boston College
University of Notre Dame, 2000

ELISABETH JOHNSON
Boston University

ERICA JONES
University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate School, 2005

NICOLE KAMENO
Sacred Heart University

HILLARY KANAREK
University of Michigan

JONAH KAPLAN
Solomon Schechter Day School, 2005
JOHN KELLEY
New Hampton School
Lynchburg College

MORGAN KELLY
Lynchburg CollegeB
THOMAS KENYON
University of Southampton, UK,
Graduate School of Engineering Sciences

MacKENZIE KIMBALL
University of Vermont

TIFFINEY KINGSLEY
University of Miami, 1984

BARSEG KOUREDJIAN
Ribet Academy, 2001
University of California, Irvine, 2005

JESSICA KRON
Louisville Collegiate School

ANN KUPFER
University of Texas, Austin, 1988
New York University Graduate School, New York, 1989

DAVID KUPFER
Institute of Audio Research
Stanford University, 1989

KAREN LANGE
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1985

DAVID LANGER
Bucknell University

JOHN LA PADULA
St. John's University, 1994
New York University, 1999
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2007

VINCENT LA PADULA
Long Island University, Brooklyn
College at New Paltz, 1993
St. John's University School of Law, 2002

LUCIA LARGAESPADA-BOWERS
University of California, Davis, 2002
California State University, Sacramento, 2005

FARRAH LAZARE
State University of New York, Binghamton, 1997
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York
New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, 2001

CHARLES LAZOR
Williams College

EMY LEE
University of California, San Diego
Pasadena City College, 2000

MARK LEE
University of California, Irvine, 2004

TAMMY LEE
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1996

STEVEN LOZANO
California State University, Los Angeles

NINA LUKINA
Columbia University

GILLIAN MACDONALD
Boston College, 2001

MATTHEW MacPHERSON
St. Francis College

PHILIP MALDONADO
Middlesex County Community College

GERMAN MANOIM
University of Chicago

RICHARD MATHIASEN
Siena College, 2004

AMY MANOLIS
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

MARK MANTONE
Rochester Institute of Technology, 1987

MICA MATLOCK
Southern Methodist University, 1989

SCOTT MATTOON
University of California, Los Angeles, 1994

MICHAEL MCCLAIN
University of California, Berkeley
Pierce College
University of California, Santa Barbara, 1992

KELLY MCILVAINE
California State University, Chico, 1996

GREGORY MCILVAINE
University of California, Santa Barbara, 1991

BRIAN MELDRUM
University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993

STACEE MERZ
St. Thomas Aquinas College

JOSHUA MILLSFIELD
University of Colorado, Boulder, 2005

ALISSA MOON
Raritan Valley Community College

JAMES MORRIS
University of Lowell, 1993

JOANNE MORRIS
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1996

SALLY MORRIS
Fitchburg State College
Boston University, 1988
New England School of Law, 1993

JENNIFER MOYER
Dartmouth College, 1998

DANIELLE MUSCARA
Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School, 1999
Fordham University, 2003

FRANK MUSCARA
Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School, 1996
Wesleyan University, 2000

FATEMA NAJMI
University of Texas at Austin

ADITI NATARAJAN
University of Madras, India

VICTOR NEGRON III
Marist High School, 2006
Sussex County Community College

BARTHOLOMEW NELSON
Merrimack College, 2006

BRENNAN NEWELL
St. Francis College Preparatory, 1994
University of Alaska, Anchorage

SUMMERS NEWELL
Westridge School, 1996
University of California, Berkeley, 2000

SHANNON NOLING
Santa Monica College
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

ASHLEY NOWYGROD
Dartmouth College, 2003

KERRY OELKERS
Villa Walsh Academy, 2000

LAUREN OELKERS
Villa Walsh Academy, 1993
Georgetown University, 1997
Columbia University, Graduate School of Nursing, 2002

RYAN OELKERS
Delbarton School, 1996
Villanova University, 2000

WHITNEY OHLANDT
Connecticut College, Hartford, 2001
Boston College, 2003

GEORGIANA OLWELL
Wellesley College, 1987

JENNIFER OWENS
Mount Holyoke College
Boston University, 1986

KRISTI PADO
Stanford University

JENNIFER PALAMARA
Quinnipiac College, 1998

J. P. PALAMARA
Oratory School, London
The Harvey School

ANGELA PARDO
Marymount at Fordham University, 2006

JACQUELINE PETERAF
Drexel University

VIKRAM RAJAN
Manalapan High School, 2009
Johns Hopkins University

MICHAEL REIDER
Rutgers University, 2004

ROBIN ROBERTSON
University of California, Irvine, 1993

ANTHONY RODRIQUEZ
Rutgers University, 2005
Florida State University

DYLAN ROGERS
The Woodlands Christian Academy (TWCA)

ERIK ROLLA
Long Island University, Southampton College, 2003

KRISTINA ROLLA
SUNY New Paltz

MARC ROLLA
State University of New York, Cortland

KRISHNENDU ROY
St. John's University

KIMBERLY RYAN
Boston College

CLAYTON SANDERSON
Indiana University, Bloomington, 2005

ROBERT SANFILIPPO
Elmhurst College, 1986

KELLY SAVIDIS
New York University, Steinhardt School of Education, 2005

VALERIE SAVIDIS
Skidmore College, 2002
Pratt Institute, 2004

JOHN SCARPA
Rutgers University, 2006

KELLY SCHAEFFER
Princeton University, 2004

TOM SCHMIDT
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1992
University of Texas, Austin, 1996

COLLEEN SCHNEIDER
University of Southern California, 1989

CHRISTOPHER SCHROBILGEN
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1990

CHRISTINE SCHWALENBERG
University of Illinois, Urbana, 1995

SYNTHIA SCOTT
San Diego State University, 1987

JESSE SEARS
Tulane

RAYMOND SETTE
Manhattan College, New York, 2001

JASON SHAW
St. Francis High School, 1991
University of Chicago, 1995

TODD SHAW
Lewis University
DePaul University, 1993

ANDREW SHUM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ELINA SLAVIN
Cornell University, 2005

DAVID SMITH
Nassau Community College

STACI SMITH
Antelope Valley College
Brigham Young University, 2005

MARCUS SMITH
University of California, Los Angeles,
Graduate School of Linguistics, 2003

ALEXCIS SPENCER
The Spence School
Thacher School
Saint Mary's College, 1998

DOUGLAS SPENCER
University of Notre Dame, 1989

LAVONDA NICHOLE SPENCER
St. Bernard High School, 1993
Michigan State University, East Lansing
West Los Angeles College, 2003
Los Angeles County College of Nursing, 2004

CAROLYN STARMANN
Northwestern University, 1990

CHARLES STOLTZ
Hudson County Community College

JESSICA STREETER
Hofstra University, Graduate School

MARY DUNN TARVIN
University of Massachusetts, 1984
Simmons College, Graduate School of Social Work, 2003

HEATHER TAYLOR
Santa Barbara City College

BRITTANY TYLER
St. John's University

JAMES TASCHETTA
Cornell University, 1984

REBECCA TURANO
The University of Scranton

MICHAEL VAGO
Glendale Community College

TIFFANY-AINSLEY VALENTON
University of California, Irvine

EDWARD VASQUEZ
University of California, Los Angeles, 1997

TARALEE WALCOTT
New Jersey City University, 2001
Long Island University, Brooklyn, 2003

RICHARD WATTS
University of Leeds

ANNA WHITE
Edinburgh University, 2005

ALEXANDRA VON IGNATIUS WOLLES
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1990
California State University, Los Angeles, 1993

SHANEQUA WOOD
Pennsylvania State University, Park Campus

JOY SING-YI WU
University of California, Los Angeles, 2005

TARA ZAJACZKOWSKI
Bergen County Community College, 1997

MICHAEL ZANONI
Marist College


Don't procrastinate and keep moving forward. Once you fall behind, it's hard to catch up.

Steven Cao, JFS Alumni


It may sound cliché, but patience is a virtue. You have to be present in the moment and savor the academic experience, while absorbing every bit of information you can, because it will make the achievement even that much sweeter.

Valerie Savidis, 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.