Aruna has been a banking professional for the past 25+ years and is currently the Premier Private Banking Relationship Manager,  and Vice President for SouthState Bank in our Pinellas and West Pasco market.  Aruna has a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA).  Aruna is very active in the community in addition to serving as a Rotary President in 2022-2023 for Palm Harbor.  She is the past Finance Chair of the Advent Health Foundation Board and a member of the Student Advisory Council (SAC) for Palm Harbor University.  

Aruna has lived in Florida for the past 23 years, including the last 9 in Palm Harbor.  She has been married to her husband Matt for the past 27 years and they have two children.  Jayla (21), who is a junior at Florida Atlantic University, and Jayden (17), who is a junior at Palm Harbor University.  In her spare time, Aruna enjoys traveling and spending time with her family.Charlotte’s mission since moving to Florida over 30 years ago and as a current resident in Port Richey, Florida is to assist individuals in improvement of their socio-economic, physical and mental health and through various programs such as educational assistance (GED, tutoring, etc.), housing location for the homeless, career and health counseling.

As President of her Rotary club, her current projects within the community include fundraising for organizations that provide homes for victims of human trafficking, FEAST and Pack A Sack that assist families that may be experiencing food insufficiency as well as the Suncoast Animal League. Through strategic partnerships with leading healthcare organizations in the Pinellas/Pasco counties, she is organizing mental health first aid classes as well as partnering with an organization whose mission is suicide prevention amongst veterans, youths, LGBTQ+ communities and their families. As the result of receiving a global grant through the Rotary International Foundation called Helping Babies Breathe, she is working in Sierra Leone to reduce infant mortality through the training of health professionals in infant resuscitation techniques and installing solar energy panels within neonatal/pediatric units of hospitals.