---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000737468-24-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WASH"
cik: "0000737468"
company_name: "WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T15:25:34.633179+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Washington Trust Bancorp appoints Debra M. Paul to board effective March 1, 2024

## Summary
- Debra M. Paul elected to board, filling vacancy from an expansion, effective March 1, 2024.
- She is independent under Nasdaq rules and qualifies as an audit committee financial expert.
- Paul will join the Audit Committee after the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
- Healthcare experience includes CFO at Elwyn, CEO of Fellowship Health Resources, CFO of Woman & Infants Hospital.
- Compensation follows standard non-employee director policies, prorated for 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000737468-24-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WASH
- cik: 0000737468
- company_name: WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-30T23:59:59+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/737468/000073746824000006/0000737468-24-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746824000006/wash-20240124.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000737468-24-000006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000737468-24-000006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000737468-24-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Debra M. Paul was elected as director at WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On January 24, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (the “Corporation”) elected Debra M. Paul to serve as a director of the Corporation effective as of March 1, 2024, filling a vacancy created by an expansion of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737468/000073746824000006/0000737468-24-000006-index.htm

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