CEA Names 2010 Executive Board Members

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has announced the members of its 2010 Executive Board and the members of its Board of Industry Leaders (BIL).

The Executive Board, elected in October at the CEA Industry Forum in Phoenix, now includes Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn, BrightStar chairman Denis Gibson, Sony president and COO Stan Glasgow, Leviton director of business development Ian Hendler, and Mark Luden, president and CEO of The Guitammer Company.

Gary Yacoubian, who was recently named Monster Cable's VP of strategic development, remains chairman of the Executive Board. Randy Fry, president of Fry's Electronics, will serve as vice chair, while Pat Levelle, president and CEO of Audiovox, remains the immediate past chairman.

"With the chief executives of Best Buy and Sony Electronics now in our leadership as well as executives from home automation, wireless, broadband, gaming and other technology sectors, we are well positioned for the future," says CEA president and CEO Gary Shapiro, who will serve on the board along with Glenda MacMullin as treasurer and Karen Chupka as secretary. "Our members have elected a board of volunteer leaders that truly represents the broadest possible cross-section of the technology sector."

Others who remain on the executive board:
Jim Bazet, chairman and CEO, Cobra Electronics
John Godfrey, vice president, government and public affairs, Samsung
Loyd Ivey, chairman and CEO, MiTek Corp.
Jay McLellan, president and CEO, HAI
Peter Lesser, president and CEO, X-10

Board of Industry Leaders

New BIL members
Jay Buchanan, electronics division director/GMM, Nebraska Furniture Mart
Bryan Burns, vice president, strategic business planning and development, ESPN
Lee Cheng, general counsel, Newegg
Kathy Gornik, president, Thiel Audio
David Hagan, president and CEO, Boingo
Dr. Paul Liao, president and CEO, CableLabs
Henry Muyshondt, senior director, business development, SMSC
Luis Pineda, senior vice president, Qualcomm
Doug Solomon, CTO, IDEO

Continuing BIL members
Bruce Borenstein, executive vice president, Sabre ID Systems
Mike Cook, CEO, MTI Technology
Tom Cumberland, vice president, research & development, Axiom Audio
David Epstein, president, Sound Solutions
Peter Fannon, vice president, corporate & government affairs, Panasonic
Bob Fields, vice president, Mobile Electronics, InstallerNet
Rachelle Friedman, president, J&R
Steve Giordano Sr., CEO, Lucidiom
Rick Goricki, vice president, sales, mobile, Plantronics
Jim Hamilton, CEO, Identity Ventures, LLC; vice chairman, PowerMat, LLC
Ian Hendler, director, business development, Leviton Manufacturing
Steven Howcott, general manager, JVC Company of America
Henry Juszkiewicz, CEO, Gibson Guitar
K.I. Kwon, president, consumer electronics division, LG Electronics, USA
Noel Lee, head monster, Monster Cable
Mark Luden, president and CEO, The Guitammer Company
Daniel Pidgeon, chairman, Starpower
David Rodarte, president and COO, NuVo Technologies
John Shalam, chairman, Audiovox
George Stepancich, CEO, GoldLantern
Michael Tatelman, VP and general manager global consumer sales and marketing, Dell
Steve Tiffen, president and CEO, Tiffen Co.
Jocelyn Vigreux, president, TomTom
Max Wasinger, senior VP, sales and marketing, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America
Ken Wirt, vice president, Consumer Marketing, Cisco Systems
Steve Witt, vice president of Marketing, Alpine Electronics of America.