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Executive Officers
William H. W. Crawford IV President and Chief Executive Officer
William H.W. Crawford IV joined the Company in January 2011 as Senior Executive Vice President of Rockville Financial, Inc. and Rockville Bank and held this position until Mr. McGurk’s planned retirement in April 2011, at which time Mr. Crawford became the President and Chief Executive Officer of both entities. Prior to joining Rockville, Mr. Crawford served in numerous executive roles with Wells Fargo Bank, Wachovia Bank, and SouthTrust Bank from 1997 to 2010. Mr. Crawford has 24 years of industry experience.
Scott C. Bechtle Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer
Scott C. Bechtle, Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, joined Rockville Bank in June 2011. Prior to joining the Bank he most recently served as Credit Administration Executive for Florida Shores Bank and Executive Vice President for Florida Shores Service Company in South Florida since 2006. Prior executive roles in his over thirty years of financial services industry experiences included Executive Vice President/Regional Credit Officer at Wachovia Bank (f/k/a Southtrust Bank) and Executive Vice President/Senior Credit Officer at Bank of America (f/k/a Barnett Banks).
Marino J. Santarelli Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Marino J. Santarelli, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, joined Rockville Bank in July 2011. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Santarelli was with Wells Fargo and its predecessor banks for seventeen years, and most recently he served as the Wells Fargo Market Executive and Business Banking Executive for Eastern Virginia
Richard J. Trachimowicz Executive Vice President, Human Capital and Organizational Development
Richard J. Trachimowicz, Executive Vice President, joined Rockville Bank in May 1996 and served as the Senior Vice President, Retail Banking Officer until he was appointed to the position of Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development Officer in 2007. In April 2010 he was promoted to his current position. Prior to 1996, Mr. Trachimowicz served as Manager of Sales and Customer Service for Northeast Savings, located in Hartford, Connecticut.
John T. Lund Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
John T. Lund, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Rockville Financial, Inc., joined Rockville Bank (The “Bank”) in December 2008. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Lund served as a Bank Examiner with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), out of the Hartford, Connecticut office since 1993.
Mark A. Kucia Executive Vice President, Head of Commercial Banking
Mark A. Kucia, Executive Vice President, Commercial Banking Officer, joined Rockville Bank in October 2005 and served as the Vice President, Senior Commercial Real Estate Lender until he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Officer in August 2007, and promoted to his current position in July 2011. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Kucia served as Vice President, Senior Commercial Real Estate Lender at Liberty Bank located in Middletown, Connecticut.
Stanley S. Koniecki Executive Vice President, Information Technology/Operations Officer
Stanley S. Koniecki, Executive Vice President, Information Technology/Operations Officer, joined Rockville Bank in May 2011 as Senior Vice President, Information Technology/Operations Officer and was promoted to his current position in March 2012. Prior to joining the Bank he served as Vice President of Information Services at Space Coast Credit Union in Florida since 2007. Prior to his move to Florida he was an executive with Westbank, subsidiary of Westbank Corporation, located in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
Brandon C. Lorey Senior Vice President, Head of Consumer Lending
Brandon C. Lorey, Senior Vice President, Head of Consumer Lending, joined Rockville Bank in February 2013. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Lorey was the Chief Credit and Lending Officer for H&R Block Bank in Kansas City where he was in charge of loan origination and credit administration. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President at Sovereign Bank in Pennsylvania and held various roles at Chevy Chase Bank, Federal Savings Bank in Maryland, including Vice President of risk, finance, operations, and direct sales.
Marliese L. Shaw Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
Marliese L. Shaw, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, joined Rockville Bank in May 2004 as Vice President, Treasury Officer, was appointed Vice President, Treasury Officer and Investor Relations upon the close of the Company’s initial public offering and was promoted to her current position in March 2012. Prior to 2004, Ms. Shaw served as Vice President, Treasury Officer for Tolland Bank, subsidiary of Alliance Bancorp of New England, located in Vernon, Connecticut.
Eric R. Newell Senior Vice President, Director of Treasury
Eric R. Newell, Senior Vice President, Director of Treasury joined Rockville Bank in May 2011 as Vice President, Treasury Officer and was promoted to his current position in March 2012. Mr. Newell holds a CFA designation and his prior to joining the Bank he served as an analyst at AllianceBernstein, an analyst for Fitch Ratings, and as a Bank Examiner with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), out of the Hartford, Connecticut office.
Judy L. Keppner Clark Vice President, Secretary
Judy Keppner Clark, Vice President, Corporate Secretary, joined Rockville Bank in August 1996. She has served in various positions at Rockville Bank, including Teller and Fiscal Assistant.
Board of Directors
Michael A. Bars Vice Chairman
Michael A. Bars is a Partner with the law firm of Kahan, Kerensky & Capossela, LLP, a general practice law firm located in Vernon, Connecticut.
C. Perry Chilberg
C. Perry Chilberg is the Vice President and majority Owner of Bergson Tire, Co., Inc., an automotive tire retail business and a manufacturer of truck tire retreads, located in Ellington, Connecticut.
David A. Engelson
David A. Engelson was, for nineteen years, the Supervisory Principal of Center Road Elementary School, located in Vernon, Connecticut, until he retired in 2002. He is currently the Executive Director of Hockanum Valley Community Council, Inc., a social service agency, located in Vernon, Connecticut.
Joseph F. Jeamel Jr.
Joseph F. Jeamel joined Rockville Bank (The “Bank”) in 1990. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Bank until 2003 when he was promoted to Executive Vice President. In 2005, he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of the Bank and was appointed Executive Vice President of Rockville Financial, Inc. Mr. Jeamel retired from his positions with Rockville Bank and Rockville Financial, Inc. on June 30, 2010, but still consults for Rockville Bank.
Kristen A. Johnson
Kristen A. Johnson has served as Director of Rockville Financial, Inc. (MHC), Rockville Financial MHC, Inc. and Rockville Bank (MHC) (the “Bank”) since May 2010. She has worked for the Connecticut Water Company (“Connecticut Water”) in Clinton, Connecticut since May 2007, was promoted to Vice President of Human Resources in December 2007 and was appointed Corporate Secretary of the company in November 2010. Prior to joining Connecticut Water, she served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development Officer at the Bank.
Raymond H. Lefurge Jr. Chairman
Raymond H. Lefurge is a Certified Public Accountant. He is the majority shareholder of the auditing, tax and accounting services firm of Lefurge & Gilbert, PC, CPAs, located in Vernon, Connecticut, where he also holds the position of President.
Stuart E. Magdefrau
Stuart E. Magdefrau is a Certified Public Accountant, practicing with the firm of Magdefrau, Renner & Ciaffaglione LLC, CPAs, located in Vernon, Connecticut. He was the founding Partner of the firm.
Rosemarie Novello Papa
Rosemarie Novello Papa is Past Chair of the Board of Trustees for Eastern Connecticut Health Network and a Member of the Board of Trustees for Manchester Community College Foundation.
Richard M. Tkacz
Richard M. Tkacz is the Owner of Rich’s Oil Service, Inc. and Rich’s Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc., privately held oil distributing and HVAC companies located in Enfield, Connecticut.
William H. W. Crawford IV
William H.W. Crawford IV joined the Company in January 2011 as Senior Executive Vice President of Rockville Financial, Inc. and Rockville Bank and held this position until Mr. McGurk’s planned retirement in April 2011, at which time Mr. Crawford became the President and Chief Executive Officer of both entities. Prior to joining Rockville, Mr. Crawford served in numerous executive roles with Wells Fargo Bank, Wachovia Bank, and SouthTrust Bank from 1997 to 2010. Mr. Crawford has 24 years of industry experience.
