Warwick, RI The Rhode Island Association of Realtors named Bryant Da Cruz, of Century 21 Guardian Realty president of the nearly 6,500-member professional association.

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 lives 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.