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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

The Bank of the Islands is proud to renew its support of The Sanibel School and its PTA by becoming a Gold Sponsor for the February 21 Seahorse Social.   The Seahorse Social will be an evening of good food, great company and raising funds for the students and teachers at The Sanibel School. “This […]

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Donation provides turkey dinners for Harlem Heights families through the ‘Celebration of Giving Thanks’ event  FORT MYERS/SANIBEL/CAPTIVA, Fla. (November 18, 2024) – Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands has donated $7,500 to The Heights Foundation to provide 300 frozen turkeys to the Harlem Heights community. The donation supported the nonprofit’s Nov. 16 “Celebration of Giving […]

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The Bank of the Islands is proud to be the inaugural sponsor of the annual report for Community Housing & Resources (CHR) of Sanibel.   Bank Vice President David Lowden joined CHR Executive Director Nicole Decker-McHale in unveiling the annual report at the November 12 CHR annual meeting. The back cover of the report featured […]

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The Bank of the Islands was honored to once again partner with the City of Sanibel Recreation Department and the Lee Coast Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) for a very special Veterans Day event at City Hall. Bank Vice President David Lowden joined MOAA Past Chapter President Fred Bondurant in making […]

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