Barbara, a Westerly, R.I. resident, is responsible for managing Washington Trust's operations division. She has more than 25 years of banking experience with specializations in finance, accounting, operations and technology. She manages the Bank's 18,000-square-foot operations center that opened in the Westerly Industrial Park during the summer of 1998. Barbara graduated cum laude from the University of Illinois in 1983 with a bachelor's of science degree in accountancy and is a Certified Public Accountant. She joined Washington Trust in 1988, was promoted to controller in 1989, to vice president in 1992, to senior vice president in 1998 and to executive vice president in 2010. In 2009, Barbara was named to Bank Systems & Technology magazine's Elite 8 bank technology executives. Barbara currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Society of CPAs and Westerly Innovations Network. She has served on the board of directors of The Westerly Hospital, North Stonington Health Center, Atlantic Medical Group, Westerly Adult Day Services, Inc., the University of Rhode Island's Business Advisory Council/Visiting Committee, Wood River Health Services, Inc., Community Health of Westerly and the Dunn's Corners School Technology Committee. She has served as an instructor for the New England College of Finance and as a guest lecturer for various organizations.