---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-036784"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRST"
cik: "0000357301"
company_name: "TRUSTCO BANK CORP N Y"
filed_at: "2026-09-16T20:17:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-16T20:19:25.563347+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TrustCo Bank expands board to 11, adds Fusco and Guentner as directors

## Summary
- Board increased from 9 to 11 directors; Patricia Kieper-Fusco and Bryan L. Guentner elected effective Sept 15, 2026.
- Both also joined board of wholly-owned subsidiary Trustco Bank; appointed to Audit, Compensation, Risk and other committees.
- Both qualified as independent under Nasdaq standards; no related-party transactions reported.
- Fusco is CEO of Fusco Personnel (Latham, NY); Guentner is former owner of RE/MAX Platinum Realty (Sarasota, FL).
- They will receive standard non-employee director cash/equity compensation; no equity awards made to date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-036784
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRST
- cik: 0000357301
- company_name: TRUSTCO BANK CORP N Y
- filed_at: 2026-09-16T20:17:40+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036126036784/0001140361-26-036784-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036126036784/ef20082117_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-036784.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bryan L. Guentner was elected as Director at TRUSTCO BANK CORP N Y.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 15, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of TrustCo Bank Corp NY (the “Corporation”), following the recommendation of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, voted unanimously to increase the size of the Board from nine (9) to eleven (11) directors and to elect Patricia Kieper-Fusco and Bryan L. Guentner to fill the vacancies created by the increase in the size of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036126036784/0001140361-26-036784-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patricia Kiefer-Fusco was elected as Director at TRUSTCO BANK CORP N Y.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 15, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of TrustCo Bank Corp NY (the “Corporation”), following the recommendation of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, voted unanimously to increase the size of the Board from nine (9) to eleven (11) directors and to elect Patricia Kieper-Fusco and Bryan L. Guentner to fill the vacancies created by the increase in the size of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357301/000114036126036784/0001140361-26-036784-index.htm

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