AUBURN — Mechanics Savings Bank announces the appointment of Sonia Theberge to business banking specialist.

She is responsible for serving the bank’s businesses and developing new business opportunities for the bank. She will serve the Androscoggin and Cumberland county markets from her office in the Auburn branch and a satellite office in the Windham branch.

Theberge has built a 30-year career in the banking industry and was originally hired by Mechanics Savings Bank in early 2012. She supervised commercial loan administrators, provided support to a team of commercial lenders, and worked to develop new business opportunities.

She is involved with the Androscoggin Chamber of Commerce. She attended Northern New England School of Banking in 2010 and is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine, where she earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration.

She lives in Lewiston.