BankUnited has been recognized with the 2017 Corporate Salute Elevate Award from Women Executive Leadership Florida for its advancement of gender diversity in its corporate leadership.

Leslie Lunack serves as BankUnited’schief financial officer and the bank also has three women on its board of directors:Tere Blanca, founder, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Miami-based Blanca Commercial Real Estate, Inc.; Judge A. Gail Prudenti, dean of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University in New York; and Lynne Wines, an experienced community bank CEO.

Women Executive Leadership is a not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to increase the number of women serving on corporate boards and in the executive suite through advocating, educating and connecting accomplished leaders.

BankUnited, N.A., a national bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE: BKU), is headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida with 90 banking centers in 15 Florida counties and 6 banking centers in the New York metropolitan area at September 30, 2017. For additional information, call (877) 779-2265 or visit www.BankUnited.com.

About BankUnited, N.A.

BankUnited, N.A., a national bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE: BKU), is headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida with 90 banking centers in 15 Florida counties and 6 banking centers in the New York metropolitan area at September 30, 2017. One of the largest independent depository institutions headquartered in Florida by assets, BankUnited provides a wide range of commercial and consumer banking services. For additional information, call (877) 779-2265 or visit www.BankUnited.com. BankUnited can be found on Facebook at facebook.com/BankUnited.official and on Twitter @BankUnited.