Cetera Financial Group, based in Los Angeles, has hired Susan Thederas its chief marketing officer. She will also be a member of its executive team in Los Angeles. Theder joined Cetera from Jersey City, N.J.-based Pershing, where she was managing director of global marketing, supporting its broker-dealer and registered investment advisory businesses.

The Insured Retirement Institute, based in Washington, D.C., has added the following executives its board of directors: Gary C. Bhojwani, president and chief executive officer of Allianz Life; Chris Blunt, executive vice president of Retirement Income Security at New York Life Insurance Co.; Lynne Ford, CEO of ING Financial Solutions; George Gatch, president and CEO of JPMorgan Funds; John Papadopulos, president of Wells Fargo Retirement; and Brian Shea, president and chief operating officer of Pershing.

New York Life Retirement Plan Services has hired Rachel Rice as director of web strategy, a new position. Rice was vice president of Web strategy for Fidelity Investments in Boston.

RiverPark, based in New York City, has appointed Matt Kelly partner in charge of its distribution and marketing. Kelly was senior national sales director at Baron Funds.