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Board Affiliations

The Bank’s officers lend their time and expertise by serving as directors on many non-profit and faith-based boards. Beyond their daily banking responsibilities, our officers find time to support the community through leadership and officer positions on various community boards. Participation has included:

  • American Heart Association
  • Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
  • BIG ARTS Sanibel Island
  • Bishop Verot High School
  • Clinic for Rehabilitation of Wildlife (C.R.O.W.)
  • Edison Ford Winter Estates Foundation
  • Edison Pageant of Light
  • F.I.S.H. of Sanibel-Captiva, Inc.
  • Florida Bankers Association
  • Florida Gulf Coast University – Board of Governors Appointee
  • Florida Transportation Commission – Governor Appointee
  • Fort Myers Women’s Community Club
  • Harlem Heights Community Charter School
  • Hope Hospice of Lee County
  • Horizon Council Foundation
  • Horizon Council
  • Industrial Development Authority – Lee County Commissioner Appointee
  • Junior Achievement
  • Kleist Health Education Center at FGCU
  • Lee County Electric Cooperative
  • Lee County Youth Basketball Association
  • Lee Memorial Health Systems Foundation
  • Healthy Lee Steering Committee
  • Project Dentists Care of Southwest Florida
  • Real Estate Investment Society (REIS)
  • Roadway Landscape Advisory Committee – Lee County Commissioner Appointee
  • Rotary Club of Fort Myers
  • Rotary Club of Fort Myers South
  • Rotary Club of Sanibel-Captiva
  • Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
  • Sanibel Community Association
  • Sanibel School Advisory Council
  • Sanibel School Fund
  • Southwest Florida Community Foundation
  • St. Michael Lutheran Church and School
  • SalusCare
  • The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools
  • The Heights Foundation/ The Heights Center
  • Uncommon Friends Foundation
Board Affiliations News

Bank of the Islands recently made its latest non-profit donation through its “We Love Our Islands” program. Longtime islander and Bank of the Islands customer Shareen Groce was the lucky winner. Groce selected FISH of Sanibel-Captiva to receive the Bank’s $2,800 donation. This donation marks $154,600 given away to date through Bank of the Islands’ […]

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Bank of the Islands is pleased to become the Presenting Sponsor of the BIG ARTS Monday Night Film Series. For more than 25 years, BIG ARTS has built a solid reputation for screening critically acclaimed international films. Selections are made from film festivals worldwide including the Cannes, Telluride, and New York Film Festivals. “This film […]

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Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands was recently awarded BauerFinancial’s highest 5-Star Superior rating for 13 consecutive years of banking. BauerFinancial is the nation’s premier bank rating firm, analyzing and reporting on the industry since 1983. Banks and credit unions are ranked based on several factors, including capital ratio, profitability/loss trends, historical data and more. […]

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It was a clean sweep for Bank of the Islands at the September 9 awards luncheon hosted by Breeze Newspapers and its Islander publication. The annual competition, designed to highlight the businesses, community leaders, and service providers on Sanibel and Captiva, encourages islanders to vote for their favorites in numerous categories. Bank of the Islands […]

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