---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-21-032205"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRST"
cik: "0000357301"
company_name: "TRUSTCO BANK CORP N Y"
filed_at: "2021-09-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T01:52:37.291580+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TrustCo Bank Corp elects Curtis N. Powell to board of directors

## Summary
- Curtis N. Powell, VP for HR and Risk Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, joins board effective September 21, 2021.
- Appointed to Audit, Compensation, Compliance, Fiduciary, Nominating & Governance, and Risk Committees.
- Board found him independent; no family relationships with other directors or officers.
- No compensatory awards were made in connection with his election.
- Press release issued September 23, 2021, adding the new director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-21-032205
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRST
- cik: 0000357301
- company_name: TRUSTCO BANK CORP N Y
- filed_at: 2021-09-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036121032205/0001140361-21-032205-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036121032205/brhc10029035_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-032205
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-032205.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-032205.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Curtis N. Powell was elected as member of the board of directors at TRUSTCO BANK CORP N Y.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: member of the board of directors
  source text: On September 21, 2021, the Board of Directors of TrustCo Bank Corp NY (the “Company”) elected Curtis N. Powell as a member of the board of directors of the Company and the board of directors of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Trustco Bank, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036121032205/0001140361-21-032205-index.htm

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