Peoples Bank has promoted Marta Rasmussen to branch manager of its Burlington location.

She recently served as assistant manager at the Peoples Bank in Bellingham’s Barkley Village, which she helped open in 2008.

Rasmussen joined the bank in 2004 as an assistant manager in Lynden.

“We are pleased to recognize Marta’s dedication and commitment to outstanding customer service with this new opportunity,” Dalen Harrison, the bank’s senior vice president and branch administrator, said in an April 16 press release. “She exemplifies a higher level of service in all that she does.”

Rasmussen has more than 18 years’ experience in banking.

As a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest, she is active in the Burlington and Sedro-Woolley chambers of commerce. Rasmussen is also a proud grandmother and enjoys many of the amenities the region has to offer.

Peoples Bank’s Burlington office in located inside the Haggen Foods store at 757 Haggen Drive.

The bank is online at www.peoplesbank-wa.com.