DAI Chief Financial Officer Kevin Haggerty was honored April 21, 2010, as a SmartCFO finalist during a dinner hosted by SmartCEO magazine. Haggerty was feted along with 14 others selected from among 60 CFOs nominated in the Washington, D.C., area.

Haggerty was chosen for his role on the executive management team, relationship with the DAI chief executive officer, and for going above and beyond the call of duty to maintain or strengthen DAI’s financial integrity.

Among other achievements, Haggerty, who joined DAI in 2006, was specifically cited for building relationships with DAI’s operations, bank, and board of directors, to make DAI’s finance department a practical partner in achieving DAI’s development mission.

“We’ve been through the era of one-dimensional CFOs,” CEO James Boomgard said as part of Haggerty’s nomination. “Kevin’s broad appreciation of our marketplace, our projects, and our people brings a broader, more useful perspective, and makes for more effective deliberations and discussions among the executive team.

“You have to have people rise up above their special area of interest to see the whole company’s mission, and Kevin gives that to me.”

Haggerty’s SmartCFO selection is featured in the April issue of SmartCEO magazine. The magazine will name its CFO of the year at an awards ceremony on May 27 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.