The IEEE Signal Processing Society appointed Alex Acero (Mircosoft Corporation) as Director-Industrial Relations and Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya (University of Maryland) as Director-Membership Services. Each Director’s appointment will run until 31 December 2012. . The Director-Membership Services is responsible for identifying value/benefit/services to members, as well as recommending policy/mechanism for recruiting members. The Director is a voting member of the Membership Board and a non-voting, ex-officio member of both the Conference and Publications Boards. The Director-Membership Services chairs the Membership Services Committee. . . The Director-Industrial Relations is responsible for identifying value, benefit, and services to attract and retain industrial members. The Director is a voting member of the Membership Board and a non-voting, ex-officio member of both the Conference and Publications Boards. The Director-Industrial chairs the Industrial Relations Committee.