nine Trust & Investment Services 2002 Annual Report Services area supported the organization’s work by co-sponsoring a series of seminars that were aimed at educating the nonprofit community and their professional advisors about issues in asset management and  trust services. With offices in Westerly, Narragansett and Providence,  our Trust & Investment Services division is positioned to  provide professional, client-driven asset management, financial  planning and fiduciary services to clients throughout Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut.  The division continues to offer  quality service by coordinating professional advisors, fiduciary services and administrative support. We remain committed to a  management philosophy that is focused  on long-term results. One good example is our expanded relationship with the Rhode Island Foundation, a statewide foundation that  utilizes private philanthropy from a wide range of donors to meet the needs of the communities it serves. In addition to serving as one of the Rhode Island Foundation’s money managers, our Trust & Investment n 2002, our Trust & Investment Services division succeeded in attracting  new clients. Both nonprofit organizations and private investors increasingly turned to our financial experts, whose track records demonstrate that they can set long-term goals, create a plan to reach those goals,  and measure their success. To meet the needs of an expanding client base, our Trust & Investment Services division embraced the opportunity to enhance client service. The division accomplished  this by making operational improvements, such as upgrading software and technologies, augmenting employee training, and  improving the Bank’s visibility in the  nonprofit arena. In November of 2002, Washington Trust was the gold sponsor of the Rhode Island Foundation’s Women’s Forum, an event that introduced a comprehensive study of the status of women in Rhode Island to more than 400 of the state’s business, civic and political leaders. The Women’s Fund, whose mission is to advance equity and social justice for women and girls, is a field of interest fund at the Rhode Island Foundation. 