Jan A. Miller, President/CEO of Wainwright Bank, Elected Chairman of Massachusetts Bankers Association

BOSTON, MA - July 28, 2005 - Wainwright Bank & Trust Company (NASDAQ symbol "WAIN"), is pleased to announce Jan A. Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer, has been elected Chairman of the Board of the Massachusetts Bankers Association.

"We are honored to have such an experienced banker as Jan at the helm in this, our 100th anniversary year," said Daniel Forte, President of the Massachusetts Bankers Association.

The Massachusetts Bankers Association represents 215 commercial, savings, cooperative, and savings and loan institutions throughout Massachusetts and New England.

"Mass. Bankers provides a wide range of invaluable services to the New England banking community and is a forum in which diverse financial institutions can communicate with each other," said Jan Miller. "It is an honor for me to serve."

Wainwright Bank, a commercial bank founded in 1987 with current assets of $725 million and ten branches throughout Greater Boston, provides financial services to consumers, businesses and nonprofits. The Bank has committed over $400 million in loans for socially responsible community development projects including affordable housing, environmental protection, homeless shelters, HIV/AIDS services, food banks, breast cancer research, immigration services and more. Recent recognition includes being named one of the world's Top 20 Sustainable Stocks, one of the 11 Best Lenders to Women in the U.S., and one of the Top 10 "Green" Banking Firms in the U.S.

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