Larry Roth, president and CEO of Advisor Group, has been elected as the Insured Retirement Institute's new chairman of the board of directors. Roth succeeds Lynne Ford, executive vice president for Calvert Distributors Inc. Ford now holds the position of past chairman and has been reelected to serve another term as a member of the board of directors. That term will expire in 2015.

Elected to serve full terms on the board that expire in 2015 are:

• Cindy Vogl, executive director of Defined Contribution and Retirement Solutions for UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc.;
• Robert DeChellis, president of Allianz Life Financial Services;
• Elizabeth Forget, senior vice president of MetLife Retail Annuity Products;
• Nick Lane, senior executive vice president and president of Retirement Savings for AXA Equitable;
• Maliz Beams, CEO of ING U.S. Retirement;
• Michael Falcon, managing director and head of retirement for J.P. Morgan Asset Management;
• Bruce Ferris, executive vice president of Sales and Distribution for Prudential Annuities;
• Drew Lawton, executive vice president and head of Retirement Solutions for New York Life Investments;
• Bill Lowe, president of Sammons Retirement Solutions;
• Robert Moore, president and chief operating office of LPL Financial;
• Paula Nelson, president of Forethought Distributors.

John Carter, president of Nationwide Financial Distributors, was elected vice chairman; Thomas Streiff, executive vice president and retirement product manager for PIMCO, was reelected secretary; and LPL's Moore was elected treasurer.