CONTACT: Elizabeth Eckel, SVP Marketing, 401-348-1309
DATE: June 30, 2005
Washington Trust Names Branch Manager
Westerly, Rhode Island... Sharon L. Morgan has been promoted to branch manager of Washington Trust's Wakefield, R.I. branch. Morgan joined the Bank in May 1998 as a trust administrative assistant and served as a financial services officer from 1999 through March of 2005. She was named manager of the Wakefield branch in April 2005. Morgan is responsible for the branch's overall growth and development, overseeing retail operations and mortgage origination.Morgan, a graduate of York College of PA and Providence College,
volunteers for Stand Up For Animals and is a member of Eta Lambda.
She is a resident of Mystic, Conn.
The Washington Trust Company is the largest independent bank headquartered in Rhode Island. A state-chartered bank, Washington Trust offers a full range of financial services, including trust and investment management, through its 16 branch offices located in Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut. Founded in 1800, the Bank is a subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., whose common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market® under the symbol WASH. Web site address: www.washtrust.com.
