Among the 22 local association REALTORS® of the Year (ROTY) who will be honored April 20 at the 39th Annual REALTOR® of the Year Banquet in Springfield are Lucas Albright, Dennis Bell and Cynthia Bevis.

Albright, a broker for RE/MAX Town & Country in Aurora, is the ROTY for the REALTOR® Association of the Fox Valley (RAFV). He is the president-elect for RAFV and has helped fellow members through his work for the Young Professionals Network and REALTORS® Political Action Committee. As an RPAC Major Investor, he’s shown his commitment to defending private property rights on the local, state and national levels. Albright is president of the Montgomery Rotary Club and a member of the Aurora Kiwanis Club.

Bell, a broker for Mel Foster Company, Inc., in Bettendorf, Iowa, is the ROTY for the Quad City Area REALTOR® Association (QCARA). He’s served on numerous local committees, including RPAC, Advocacy, Forms, MLS and Risk Management. A member of the QCARA Board of Directors and the Iowa Association Board of Directors, Bell has served on Risk Management committees on the state and national levels.

Bevis, a broker for King City Property Brokers of Mt. Vernon, is the Egyptian Board of REALTORS® (EBOR) ROTY for the second time in her career. She is the immediate past president for EBOR and has served on the association’s board of directors for two years. She’s also given back to the local association through work on several local and state committees. She received her first ROTY award in 2011.

Albright, Bell and Bevis will join Illinois REALTOR® of the Year Doug Carpenter of Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group in Mokena, at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield for this special event. A reception begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:15 p.m. Buy your ROTY tickets here.

The ROTY Banquet is jointly sponsored by the Illinois REALTORS® and the Illinois Real Estate Educational Foundation (REEF).