Lewiston – Diane P. McManus has joined UnitedKingfield Bank as regional vice president and senior market manager.

Reporting to UnitedKingfield Bank President and Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey D. Smith, McManus will assume responsibility for market leadership and oversee the bank’s small-business development and commercial lending activities throughout Androscoggin County.

Based in Lewiston, McManus will focus on small-business lending and promoting the bank’s services to enhance relationship opportunities.

Prior to joining UnitedKingfield Bank, McManus held several commercial lending and management positions with Northeast Bank, Development Concepts, Inc., and the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council.

A graduate of Mid State College in Auburn, she also holds an associate degree in business administration from the University of Maine at Augusta. She has participated in numerous finance and banking courses through Robert Morris Association and the Small Business Administration.

McManus has received a number of awards for her professional, civic and nonprofit work – including the 2004 Androscoggin Chamber of Commerce Ken Additon Small Business Advocate Award.

Currently, she serves as president of the YWCA of Central Maine and as vice president of the Auburn Business Development Corp.

McManus and her husband, Stephen, reside in Auburn.