Webster Bank is pleased to announce that Katherine Vines Trumbull, senior vice president, has been named associate general counsel.

Vines Trumbull, who joined Webster in 2005, is responsible for providing corporate, securities, transactional, and regulatory legal support for all of Webster’s securities issuances, capital markets transactions, and investment activities. She also develops and oversees Webster’s relationships with its outside law firms. 

“A proven leader, Katherine’s expertise and her ability to work with teams across the organization on a variety of matters has proved invaluable to our Webster team,” said Harriet Munrett Wolfe, executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Webster Financial Corporation. 

Prior to joining Webster, Vines Trumbull worked for The Hartford Financial Services Group and with Citigroup Investments. She has also spent some time in private practice. She began her career at Dewey Ballantine in New York City, and was a partner at Cummings & Lockwood. 

Vines Trumbull is a resident of Simsbury, Connecticut. She has had the privilege of serving on several Advisory Boards, including the former Graylodge Shelter for Women in Hartford, the Graduate School of Theology at Abilene Christian University, and the State of Connecticut Department of Banking’s Securities and Business Investments Division. 

She received her B.A. from The University of Tennessee in Knoxville and her J.D. from The University of Tennessee College of Law.

About Webster

Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, National Association. With $26.2 billion in assets, Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, financial planning, trust, and investment services through 167 banking centers and 343 ATMs. Webster also provides mobile and Internet banking. Webster Bank owns the asset-based lending firm Webster Business Credit Corporation; the equipment finance firm Webster Capital Finance Corporation; and HSA Bank, a division of Webster Bank, which provides health savings account trustee and administrative services. Webster Bank is a member of the FDIC and an equal housing lender. For more information about Webster, including past press releases and the latest annual report, visit the Webster website at www.websterbank.com