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 Partners for FISH Back-to-School Drive

Bank of the Islands President Robbie Roepstorff is pleased to recognize the Bank’s returning role as a FISH Partner in collecting for the back-to-school needs of our young neighbors. Beyond lending its Sanibel Office as an official Back-to-School Drive Drop-Off Site, Back of the Islands is also making its own in-kind donations to the drive. […]

Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands returns as gold sponsor of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge

Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands is continuing its commitment to environmental conservation as a returning gold sponsor of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, an annual initiative that protects the Florida Everglades ecosystem from the threat of the invasive Burmese python. Hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water […]

Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands to offer fraud, scams and identity theft session July 18

Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands is inviting the Southwest Florida community to participate in its fraud, scams and identity theft session on Saturday, July 18. Local law enforcement agencies will have an open discussion and question-and-answer session to help residents recognize and report scams and detect, protect and report fraud and abuse. The session […]

Bank of the Islands donates $8500 for Sanibel Rescue Boat

Thanks to an $8,500 donation from Bank of the Islands, the Sanibel Fire and Rescue District will now be able to purchase a much needed second rescue boat. Capable of being hauled by a truck trailer or driven through shallow waters, the boat will be housed at Station 172 on the San-Cap Road corridor near […]