Business Notes
DECICCO NAMED BANK PRESIDENT, CEO
Sanibel Captiva Community Bank announced Kyle DeCicco as bank president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1. He has been a member of the executive management team since 2020 and was named president in January 2022.
In his new role, DeCicco oversees all management and operations, while continuing to lead the commercial lending division. Founder Craig Albert has served as president and chief executive officer since the bank opened in 2003. Albert will continue to be involved, acting as chairman of the board. DeCicco’s transition is the final step in a transition and succession plan that it approved in 2021.
DeCicco joined the bank in 2016 as vice president and commercial loan officer, focusing on commercial real estate lending and relationship development with local businesses and investors. In 2020 and 2021, he was instrumental in leading the efforts in administering the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program.
With more than 16 years of banking experience, DeCicco has worked in commercial real estate and lending, credit analysis, performing and nonperforming loan portfolio management, and management of FDIC insured loss-share assets.
He is a recent graduate of the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. DeCicco also graduated from the Florida Bankers Association — Florida School of Banking, and he holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Florida Atlantic University.
A Southwest Florida native, DeCicco serves as treasurer and board member of The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools and a member of the foundation’s Grant Selection Committee. He also serves on the Heights Elementary Student Advisory Committee and is a Captain-level Keel Club member of the United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades, among other volunteer efforts.
SCCF STAFFER FACILITATES SUMMIT
The Southwest Florida Climate and Community Summit took place on Jan. 17 in Naples.
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Coastal Resilience Manager Dr. Carrie Schuman participated as a facilitator during the tabletop discussions session. She and her co-facilitator, Rookery Bay Reserve Coastal Training Program Specialist Marissa Figueroa, led a group conversation about “improving the resilience of our coastal interface.”
Originally delayed due to Hurricane Ian, the event represents a continuation of the SWFL Climate and Community Initiative’s work to bring “together the collective voices of our community as we learn, develop, and enact solutions to protect our region.”
The lineup of speakers and facilitators included representatives from groups working on resilience and climate change in the area, including the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, South Florida Water Management District, Lee County Chapter of The Climate Reality Project, Growing Climate Solutions, and Florida Gulf Coast University’s Water School.
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