Bel Fuse Inc. announced that Thomas E. Dooley and Dr. Rita Smith have been appointed to Bel’s Board of Directors. Bel also announced that Robert H. Simandl and Norman Yeung have retired from Bel’s board effective February 19, 2020. Mr. Simandl served on Bel’s board since 1967 and was additionally a committee member on Bel’s Executive and Nominating committees. Mr. Yeung was a member of Bel’s board since 2013. Mr. Dooley, 63, is the former Interim CEO and Chief Operating Officer of Viacom Inc. Dr. Smith a partner at C-Suites Healthcare Advisors, has an extensive track record spanning three decades in strategic resource planning and budgeting, information management systems, case management, and reporting and compliance. As the Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at Jersey City Medical Center/Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health for fifteen years, Dr. Smith had P&L responsibility for a staff of 1,500 and an operating budget of $150 million, and led the turnaround from annual multi-million dollar losses to profitability for her operating unit. With the retirement of Mr. Simandl and Mr. Yeung, and the addition of Mr. Dooley and Dr. Smith, the company’s board of directors remains at nine members, eight of whom are independent within the meaning of SEC and NASDAQ regulations. Mr. Dooley and Dr. Smith will stand for election for a three-year term at the Company’s upcoming annual shareholders meeting in May 2020.