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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 is proud to sponsor the first lecture in Ding Darling Wildlife Society’s 21st Annual “Ding” Darling Winter Lecture Series. Tony Lapi will be the featured speaker kicking off the series on Thursday, January 22. His remarks, entitled “Memories of ‘Tween Waters Inn”, are based on Lapi’s popular memoir “Tales of an […]

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Bank of the Islands recently made its latest non-profit donation through its “We Love Our Islands” program. Longtime islanders and Bank of the Islands customers Cathy and Mick Hanratty were the lucky winners. Hanratty chose F.I.S.H. of Sanibel-Captiva to receive the Bank’s $800 donation. This donation marks $156,800 given away to date through Bank of […]

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Bank of the Islands is proud to sponsor the 89th Sanibel Shell Show and Festival. The event will be held March 5-7, 2026 at the Sanibel Community House. Jointly hosted by the Sanibel Captiva Shell Club and the Sanibel Community Association (SCA), this longstanding “shellabration” is a favorite of islanders as well as visitors traveling […]

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SFWMD’s Michael Kirkland to share insights from Florida’s largest invasive species removal effort The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife’s (CROW) is kicking off its 2026 Speaker Series on Jan. 9 with a presentation from South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Lead Invasive Species Scientist and Python Program Manager Michael Kirkland on the impact of […]

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