Charles L. White has over 40 years of experience in the trust and estates industry. He spent his career working in bank trust departments in Cleveland and Florida. He began his career at Society National Bank (later KeyBank) as a trust officer and worked his way up to senior trust officer, vice president and assistant team leader.

While with Society, he moved to Florida to charter and open the bank’s Florida trust company affiliate, later known as Key Trust Co. As the initial on-site manager, he developed and executed business plans, budgets and marketing plans and oversaw regulatory matters.

He then relocated to Cleveland and became a senior vice president and team leader with National City Bank’s Private Client Group. Subsequently, he managed Fifth Third Bank’s Trust Administration Team in Naples, Fla., a position from which he retired in 2014.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics from Washington and Lee University. He is treasurer and trustee of the Foundation for the Immokalee Child Care Center in Naples and is a panel member for the Collier County Citizen’s Foster Care Review Board. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Northside Naples. He and his wife, Debbie, live in Naples. They have three adult children.