CORONA, Calif.–Minka Group has appointed Brad Dobson to the post of national sales manager for the Ambience and Metropolitan Lighting lines, responsible for the furniture channel. He succeeds Tom Kubek, who has stepped down for medical reasons, and reports to Tim Flannery, vice president of sales and marketing. Dobson has served as a factory sales representative covering Southern California, and prior to that served as Western regional sales manager for Lite Source.