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BETTY R. SULLIVAN ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF ROCKVILLE BANK

ROCKVILLE, CONN., October 30, 2006 - Betty R. Sullivan has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rockville Financial, Inc., the holding company for Rockville Bank. Ms. Sullivan succeeds Dr. Albert Kerkin, Jr., who served as Chairman since 2001. In August, Dr. Kerkin completed his final term on the Board after 14 years.

"Betty Sullivan has close to 40 years of impressive experience in the banking industry, both as a banker, an Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors at Rockville Bank" says William J. McGurk, Rockville Bank President and Chief Executive Officer. "I look forward to working with Betty and the Board as we work hard to continue our progress and excel at meeting the needs of customers and prospective customers. Betty generates great ideas and suggestions about all aspects of our products and customer service."

Ms. Sullivan has been a member of the Rockville Bank's Board since April 1999, serving as its Vice Chairman for the past three years, as Chairman of its Lending Committee, and on its Human Resources Committee.

Prior to her election to the Board, she worked at Rockville Bank for 10 years, retiring in 1999 as Vice President/Senior Loan Officer. For several months after leaving that position, she worked part-time as the Bank's Community Reinvestment Officer.

Ms. Sullivan came to Rockville Bank from Sentry Bank in Hyannis, Mass. where she was the Senior Vice President for three years. Before that position, she spent 15 years at Heritage Savings & Loan in Manchester, Conn., most recently as its Executive Vice President. Before that, she worked for 10 years at First National Bank of Manchester (which became Hartford National Bank), leaving that job as a Loan Origination Specialist.

Ms. Sullivan studied at the University of Connecticut, at the American Institute of Banking, at the Savings & Loan Institute, and at Manchester Community College.

A member of the Board of Directors of the Manchester Interfaith Housing Corp., Ms. Sullivan also is a Corporator of the Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN), and serves as Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the Northfield Green Condominium Association in Manchester, Conn.

Ms. Sullivan lives in Manchester, Conn. with her husband, Charles Sullivan. She has three daughters and four grandchildren.

Rockville Bank is an 18-branch community bank in Connecticut that provides a convenient banking lifestyle for the communities it serves in: Coventry; Rockville; Vernon; Ellington; Tolland; Manchester; East Hartford; South Windsor; East Windsor; Suffield; Enfield; Somers; Glastonbury; and South Glastonbury with four supermarket locations open seven days a week. For more information about Rockville Bank's services and products, call (860) 291-3600 or visit www.rockvillebank.com.