FORT MYERS, Fla. (Aug. 8, 2023) – John Wright, Sanibel Captiva Community Bank’s executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer, has been named Florida SouthWestern State College Foundation’s board chair. Wright joined the board in May 2021 and has served on the finance committee.
Wright joined the bank in 2020 after relocating to Southwest Florida from Baltimore, Maryland. Wright has over three decades of experience in the financial sector with domestic and international profit and loss management and oversight, including accounting, legal, operations, asset/liability, interest rate risk and credit/risk management, budget/sales forecasting, strategic planning and internal audits. Prior to joining the bank, he was part of a two-person executive management team that orchestrated a turnaround at two different troubled banks implementing proper accounting and operational best practices.
Wright also serves on the Lee County Horizon Council as a member at large for the public-private advisory group to the Lee County Board of Commissioners on economic development issues. Wright graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and became a certified public accountant in 1990.
Since 1966, the FSW Foundation has opened access to quality higher education in the region. Managed by a voluntary board of directors of business and civic leaders from all five counties served by the college, its focus is to support FSW’s mission. As a partner in building a better community, the FSW Foundation promotes higher education with student scholarships, support of academic programs, technology enhancements, and new and improved facilities. For more information, call Dr. Geraldine Gallagher, foundation CEO and college vice president of institutional advancement, at 239-432-6789.
