TrustCo Bank Corp. NY announced that Steffani Cotugno, D.O. was elected to the Boards of Directors of the Company and its subsidiary, Trustco Bank. Dr. Cotugno is a primary care physician with Community Care Physicians in Clifton Park, New York.

Dr. Cotugno is board certified in family medicine and is the school physician for the Shenendehowa Central School District, the Niskayuna School District, and the North Colonie School District in upstate New York. Dr. Cotugno has served as a teaching preceptor at Albany Medical College and has received awards in connection with that work. Dr. Cotugno was found by the board to qualify as an independent director and was appointed to the Audit, Compensation, Compliance, Fiduciary, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Risk Committees of the board of directors of the Company.