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 Heights Foundation/ The Heights Center
The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools
Uncommon Friends Foundation

Board Affiliations News

Celebrating 15 Years of Support for Women Build

Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands is honored to support organizations that strengthen the Southwest Florida community. For the past 15 years, that commitment has included consistent support for Habitat for Humanity of Lee and Hendry Counties and its Women Build initiative. Since 2011, the Women Build initiative has engaged women in the effort to […]

Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands returns as gold sponsor of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge

Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands continues its commitment to environmental conservation as a returning gold sponsor of the 2025 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 Management […]

Children’s Education Center unveils Bench for Bank of the Islands

The Children’s Education Center of the Islands (CECI) has recognized a major gift from Bank of the Islands with the unveiling of a bench on CECI’s Casa Ybel Road campus. “A great community is not complete without a strong commitment to early childhood education,” said Bank of the Islands President Robbie Roepstorff. “Fortunately, young families […]

Bank of the Islands Recaps Chamber Islands Night

As the official Home Run Sponsor, Bank of the Islands was proud to support the Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce for the 32nd Annual Sam Bailey Islands Night Baseball Game. Held at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers on May 7, this beloved island tradition saw the hometown favorite Mighty Mussels take the field against the visiting […]