Warwick, R.I. – November 15, 2022 – The Rhode Island Association of Realtors has announced that Bryant C. Da Cruz, of Century 21 Guardian Realty in Wakefield, R.I., has been elected president of the nearly 6500-member professional association. He assumes the position this week, following his return from the 2022 National Association of Realtors annual conference in Orlando, Florida.
Da Cruz graduated from Johnson & Wales University with an honors degree in Entrepreneurship in 1997 and began his real estate career shortly thereafter. In his first year as a Realtor, he was named Rookie of the Year in one of the largest firms in Rhode Island. He has always tried to run his business by the following Theodore Roosevelt quote, "People Don't Care How Much You Know Until They Know How Much You Care.”
Da Cruz, his wife Kerin, and their two children, Evan and Ryan, live in South Kingstown where he is a past vice president of the South Kingstown Town Council. He is the current president of the South Kingstown Lions Club, a volunteer fire fighter for Union Fire District, and a member of Hope Lodge #25 of Free & Accepted Masons and South Kingstown Elks Club #1899, to name just a few of his civic contributions. He has also served on the board of the Kent Washington Association of Realtors where he chaired the board’s Government Affairs Committee.
The Association also announced four other new officers who will serve for a one-year term: Sally Hersey of Williams and Stuart Real Estate, President-elect; Christopher Whitten of Premeer Real Estate, Vice President, Thomas Sweeney of Sweeney Real Estate and Appraisal, Treasurer; and Michael Pereira, of June Realty, Secretary.
About the Rhode Island Association of Realtors
The Rhode Island Association of Realtors, one of the largest trade organizations in Rhode Island with more than 6500 members in approximately 950 offices, has been serving Rhode Islanders since 1948. Collectively, RI Realtors transacted nearly $7.9 billion in residential real estate sales last year and nearly $8.1 billion in total transactions including rentals and commercial real estate. Advocating for Rhode Island's property owners, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors provides a facility for professional development, research and exchange of information among its members and to the public and government for the purpose of preserving the free enterprise system and the right to own real property.
The Association is one of more than 1,400 boards and associations that comprise the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The National Association of Realtors®, “The Voice for Real Estate,” is America's largest trade association, representing approximately 1.6 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries and who subscribe to a strict Code of Ethics.
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