---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000737468-22-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WASH"
cik: "0000737468"
company_name: "WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T13:13:02.320680+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Washington Trust elects two new board members, effective March 1, 2022

## Summary
- Joseph Gencarella, former KPMG audit partner, and Alimamy D. Jabbie Jr., CEO of Banneker Supply Chain Solutions, elected to board.
- Gencarella and Jabbie fill vacancies created by board expansion; terms begin March 1, 2022.
- Gencarella served 35+ years at KPMG; brings expertise in banking, accounting, and regulatory matters.
- Jabbie is President/CEO of Banneker Supply Chain Solutions; also serves on multiple nonprofit boards.
- Both appointees have no family relationships or material transactions with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000737468-22-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WASH
- cik: 0000737468
- company_name: WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746822000010/0000737468-22-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746822000010/wash-20220126.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000737468-22-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000737468-22-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000737468-22-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph Gencarella was elected as Director at WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 26, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (the “Corporation”) elected Joseph Gencarella and Alimamy D. (“Junior”) Jabbie, Jr. to serve as directors of the Corporation effective as of March 1, 2022, filling vacancies created by an expansion of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746822000010/0000737468-22-000010-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alimamy D. Jabbie, Jr. was elected as Director at WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 26, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (the “Corporation”) elected Joseph Gencarella and Alimamy D. (“Junior”) Jabbie, Jr. to serve as directors of the Corporation effective as of March 1, 2022, filling vacancies created by an expansion of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746822000010/0000737468-22-000010-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.