Harborstead was founded on a simple premise: leaders deserve a safe harbor — a trusted space to ask candid questions, gain clarity, and strengthen their basis for decision-making.

Harborstead Advisory helps leaders make sense of financial, operational, and technology-based decisions in high-stakes environments, translate numbers into clear stories, make informed decisions, and communicate with confidence.

We believe numbers should empower — not intimidate.

Our mission is to equip leaders with the insight, language, and confidence - so that they can lead with clarity in moments that matter most.

About Brigid.

Brigid D’Souza is a CPA, educator, and civic advocate who blends Big 4 consulting expertise, higher education leadership, and community-driven impact. She founded Harborstead Advisory in 2025 to help public-facing leaders navigate budgets, fiscal reporting, and high-stakes financial decisions with clarity and confidence.

Brigid has worked in government at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, Deloitte, where she helped build a specialized advisory team serving Fortune 50 clients with tax and technology compliance solutions. While stepping back from consulting to raise two young children, she founded Civic Parent, a widely recognized fiscal literacy platform empowering Jersey City residents to understand property taxes, budgets, revaluations, and community power. Her community work laid the foundation for her pivot to academia as a full-time accounting professor at Saint Peter’s University, where she taught, mentored future CPAs, and advised industry leaders on addressing the nationwide accounting talent shortage.

Brigid’s perspective — as a former Big 4 consultant, professor, and advocate — uniquely positions her to help leaders tackle financial challenges under public scrutiny. At Harborstead, her mission is simple: equip leaders to ask better questions, make informed decisions, and communicate the stories behind the numbers.