Sylvia Lagerquist, president of Haines & Lagerquist CPAs, has been selected a 2016 Center of Influence by SmartCEO, recognizing her outstanding leadership in the greater Washington, D.C. regional business community.

The Centers of Influence Awards program honors the leadership, innovation, impact and success of the region’s most enterprising accountants, attorneys and bankers. The program’s theme is “Honoring a CEO’s Top Advisors”.

These professionals represent the best and brightest in the region and have demonstrated an unrivaled commitment to their clients. Centers of Influence winners were selected not only on the basis of their nominations, but also on the specific testimonials of their clients, many of whom will be in attendance at the awards program. In addition, each Centers of Influence winner will be a finalist for Centers of Influence category awards, which will further recognize additional leadership by Centers of Influence professionals in each of the three professions featured through the program.

SmartCEO is a community of C-level executives. Accountants, attorneys and bankers are consistently considered among the most impactful advisors for business owners.

Finalists are profiled in the September/October issue of SmartCEO magazine and are celebrated at an awards event in October, where category winners are announced live.

The Centers of Influence awards program serves as a way for this community to grow through both the pages of the magazine and connections at the awards ceremony.

The awards ceremony and reception will be held on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20045.

For more information or to register for the October awards event, please visit: http://www.smartceo.com/washington-centers-of-influence/.