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Brigid is an assistant professor of Accountancy and Business Law and a CPA advisor at the Frank J. Guarini School of Business at Saint Peter’s University. She specializes in quantitative modeling, database design and management, and process automation for tax compliance and tax planning purposes. Brigid is a former Jesuit Volunteer who currently has a fiscal literacy platform at CivicParent.org which offers content about public finance, including property taxes, municipal budgets and public school funding. She is a member of the NJCPA and can be reached at bdsouza@saintpeters.edu.

Jeff is the vice president of government relations for the NJCPA. He works with the CEO and the Board of Trustees to create and implement advocacy initiatives that protect and promote the interests of the CPA profession, the business community and the public. Jeff monitors legislative and executive branch activity that impacts CPAs by writing position papers, developing grass roots membership activities to enhance lobbying efforts and raising money for the NJ-CPA-PAC. He is also a liaison to other pro-business groups like the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) and Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) to coordinate legislative strategies. Prior to joining the NJCPA, Jeff worked on several political campaigns, worked for former Governor Jim Florio and for Common Cause New York. He previously owned a lobbying and public affairs firm. Jeff belongs to Compassion and Choices, the Humane Society and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.