KB Home, one of the nation's leading homebuilders, located in Los Angeles, elected two new directors at its annual shareholders meeting. Leslie Moonves, chairman and chief executive officer at CBS, and Melissa Lora, chief financial officer at Taco Bell, will be joining the board of directors of the company.

Samsung Electronics, a global leader in digital convergence products, has announced several appointments for its North American divisions. In the wake of record-breaking 2003 sales in the company's consumer-electronics division, John Homlish has been named vice president, while Steve Panosian, Chris Cudina and Tracie Thie have been named directors.

Robert T. Patton has been named director of builder sales and marketing to head Linear's builder program for OpenHouse brand structured-wire systems and Linear brand security systems and garage door openers. Before joining the Carlsbad, Calif. company, Patton was director of business development at Wayne Dalton Corp.

HAI, a leading manufacturer of integrated security and automation products in New Orleans, has announced the addition of several new employees, including four new territory sales managers. Robert Pickral has been named Southeast territory manager. Patrick Gilligan has been named New England sales manager. Don Decock is Northwest territory sales manager, and Jeff Brinn has been named Atlantic South territory sales manager.

Oscar Ciornei recently resigned as president and CEO of Atlantic Technology, a loudspeaker, electronics and multiroom systems manufacturer in Norwood, Mass. Following Ciornei's resignation, Peter Tribeman, the company's chairman and founder, resumed his role as CEO, heading up the new executive management team established by Ciornei over the past year.

Dave Sanders, director of national accounts for Leviton's Voice and Data Division, was named instructor of the year by CET Networking Education, an instructional facility approved by Building Industry Consultant Services International (BICSI). The presentation was made during BICSI's winter conference in Orlando, Fla. The award recognizes an individual's commitment to education in the telecommunications industry.

Bob Perry has been named vice president of sales at LG Electronics' LG/Zenith in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Perry was previously vice president of government and industry affairs at Mitsubishi Digital Electronics, where he was a well-known spokesperson for the company. He also served as chairman of the Consumer Electronics Association's Video Division.

Kaleidescape Inc., a consumer electronics company in Mountain View, Calif., has named two key members to its executive team. Mark Glazier has been named vice president of corporate marketing and will develop and execute the corporate positioning and awareness of the company. He was previously employed for 21 years with Madrigal, a division of Harmon International, including 16 years as president of the company. Jeff Foreman has been named vice president of finance and operations. He was most recently vice president of finance and operations at Galgon Industries.

Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc. in Canton, Mass., has announced the appointments of Judy Quye as senior vice president of retail operations and Mark Richardson as senior vice president of marketing and chief brand officer.

SpeakerCraft, a manufacturer of in-wall speakers in Riverside, Calif., has announced the appointment of Gary Vlaeminck as international sales manager. Prior to joining SpeakerCraft, Vlaeminck was part of the field service team at Lutron Electronic's U.K. office.

Joel Manjarris has been named lighting controls sales specialist for the Southwestern region, at Leviton Manufacturing Co. Manjarris will be responsible for sales in the Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and Houston regions.

Sonance, a leading manufacturer of high-fidelity, whole-home architectural audio products in San Clemente, Calif., has announced that co-founders Scott Struthers and Geoff Spencer have resumed hands-on leadership of the company, and that Larry "Chip" Brown is on administrative leave from the company. Struthers had held the title of president, and Spencer had held the title of vice-president at the company.

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America USA, of Cypress, Calif., has announced that Frank DeMartin has been named vice president of marketing for its audio/video products division. Prior to joining Mitsubishi, DeMartin was senior director of sales and marketing for Sharp Electronics' Consumer Electronics Group. THB