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THE RETIREMENT SOLUTION LLC

CRD 148106

REDMOND, WA

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Data as of May 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 35
Dated events: 10
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 22, 2011 to May 15, 2026
56 observations

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Firm class: independent wealth managerderivedprivate_client_share=1.0 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0
Regulatory AUM: $699MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-05-15); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $449M
Private client RAUM: $699MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 100%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 17
RAUM per advisor: $41.1Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 35
Advisory employees: 15
Offices: 4Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 3,164
Individual clients: 499
High net worth clients: 324
Custody, client assets: $262M
SEC number: 801-113783
CRD: 148106
Filings on the tape: 56
First filed: Nov 22, 2011
Latest filed: May 15, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, WA

Advisors on IAPD

current investment adviser representatives on the IAPD individual feed, longest tenure first

Advisor	Designations	Branch	Years here	In industry	Prior firms	Dual registered
JAMES LEROY BLACK	Certified Financial Planner	REDMOND, WA	17	23	2	no
CYNTHIA ASPITARTE MUELLER	Certified Financial Planner	REDMOND, WA	13	18	3	no
THOMAS ALAN BLACK	n/a	Kennewick, WA \| REDMOND, WA	11	11	n/a	no
Matthew Ryan Perrone	n/a	REDMOND, WA	10	11	n/a	no
Shane Christopher Perry	n/a	REDMOND, WA	7	12	n/a	no
Kyle Brent Nelson	Certified Financial Planner	Kennewick, WA	7	10	n/a	no
Travis Johnson	n/a	MILL CREEK, WA	6	10	1	no
Jared Thomas Black	n/a	REDMOND, WA \| KENNEWICK, WA	4	14	n/a	no
Wesley Robert McBratney	n/a	REDMOND, WA	4	14	2	no
Clinton William Coburn	n/a	MILL CREEK, WA	3	10	2	no
HEATHER M CARLSON	n/a	REDMOND, WA	2	25	4	no
Jared Kowalske	n/a	REDMOND, WA	2	10	n/a	no
Sean Michael Closson	n/a	REDMOND, WA	1	11	n/a	no
Tenzin Tashi Zingkha	n/a	REDMOND, WA	1	11	n/a	no
Jason David Falk	n/a	REDMOND, WA	0	10	3	no
David Jay Granger	Certified Financial Planner	Mount Vernon, WA	0	19	2	no
Mark Christian Chin	n/a	REDMOND, WA	0	10	n/a	no

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B as filed; ownership codes are the form's bands (NA under 5%, A 5 to 10%, B 10 to 25%, C 25 to 50%, D 50 to 75%, E over 75%); people are listed as filed and never merged by name

Owner	Title	Ownership code	Control person	Acquired	First seen	Last seen
BLACK, JAMES, LEROY	Owner	E	yes	02/2023	Nov 22, 2011	Nov 5, 2024
BLACK, JAMES, LEROY	CEO, FINANCIAL PLANNER	Na	yes	08/2008	Nov 22, 2011	Nov 5, 2024
BLACK, THOMAS, ALAN	PRESIDENT, FINANCIAL PLANNER	Na	yes	01/2021	May 11, 2022	Nov 5, 2024
SIVAKO LLC	OWNER - HOLDING COMPANY	E	yes	02/2023	May 10, 2023	Nov 5, 2024
Petraitis, Brian, Joseph	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	no	10/2024	Oct 31, 2024	Nov 5, 2024

Offices

Schedule D 1.F offices beyond the principal office; street addresses are not published

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
Kennewick	Wa	United States	3	no
Englewood	Co	United States	1	no
MILL CREEK	Wa	United States	1	no

Regulatory AUM by fiscal year

annual amendments (and the roster's annual snapshot) as filed; where a year was amended twice the later filing draws the line

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Mar 30, 2026	$699M	$449M	35	15	4	n/a	n/a
2024	Mar 28, 2025	$573M	$573M	33	15	3	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 13, 2024	$475M	$475M	34	14	3	n/a	n/a
2022	Dec 19, 2022	$397M	$397M	30	12	3	n/a	n/a
2021	Dec 23, 2021	$466M	$466M	27	12	3	n/a	n/a
2020	Dec 7, 2020	$263M	$263M	28	12	3	n/a	n/a
2019	Dec 23, 2019	$197M	$195M	29	13	4	n/a	n/a
2018	Mar 19, 2019	$156M	$156M	28	12	4	n/a	n/a

Advisor flows

derived: registrations beginning and ending at this CRD on IAPD, bulk corporate re-registrations excluded; the rate is departures over IAPD headcount

Joined, 12m	Left, 12m	Net, 12m	Departure rate, 12m	Joined, 90d	Left, 90d	Left, no destination yet	Joined, 36m	Left, 36m
2	1	1	5.9%	0	0	0	3	4

Growth

derived from consecutive annual filings; RAUM as reported

Latest fiscal year	RAUM	A year earlier	1y change	Three years earlier	3y CAGR	Employees	A year earlier	Offices	A year earlier
2025	$699M	$573M	22.0%	$397M	20.8%	35	33	4	3

Relationships

Registered with (29)

← Mark Christian ChinAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 2, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← David Jay GrangerAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 16, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← Jason David FalkAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 14, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← Tenzin Tashi ZingkhaAdvisorregistration: current employment
Aug 26, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
← Sean Michael ClossonAdvisorregistration: current employment
Oct 31, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
← Jared KowalskeAdvisorregistration: current employment
Dec 6, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← HEATHER M CARLSONAdvisorregistration: current employment
Nov 6, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← Clinton William CoburnAdvisorregistration: current employment
Apr 27, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← Wesley Robert McBratneyAdvisorregistration: current employment
May 5, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
← Jared Thomas BlackAdvisorregistration: current employment
Apr 27, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
← Travis JohnsonAdvisorregistration: current employment
Nov 19, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← Kyle Brent NelsonAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 22, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← Shane Christopher PerryAdvisorregistration: current employment
Feb 14, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← Matthew Ryan PerroneAdvisorregistration: current employment
Nov 17, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV
← THOMAS ALAN BLACKAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 11, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV
← CYNTHIA ASPITARTE MUELLERAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Dec 15, 2008 to Jul 23, 2012factForm ADV
← JAMES LEROY BLACKAdvisorregistration: current employment
Oct 15, 2008 to presentfactForm ADV
← Adam PowellAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 26, 2021 to Oct 30, 2025factForm ADV
← CARIN DIANE SEVIGNYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jun 13, 2013 to Jun 4, 2024factForm ADV
← DAVID EDUARDO BUSTAMANTEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 27, 2023 to Apr 7, 2024factForm ADV
← CLARISSA CANDELARIOAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 3, 2022 to Oct 19, 2023factForm ADV
← TYLER HULET LIVELYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 10, 2015 to May 24, 2023factForm ADV
← Bryan LarsenAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jun 24, 2020 to Sep 21, 2022factForm ADV
← MICHAEL JAMES WHITMOREAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 9, 2015 to Jan 26, 2022factForm ADV
← CYNTHIA ANNE LOWENSTEINAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 27, 2021 to Aug 10, 2021factForm ADV
← KYLE LOREN IRIONAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 20, 2016 to Oct 27, 2020factForm ADV
← JOSEPH DANIEL DUNCANAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 19, 2018 to Jul 21, 2020factForm ADV
← BRIAN JAMES DECKERAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 15, 2008 to Jul 22, 2016factForm ADV
← HOYT SCOTT ROBEYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 2, 2014 to Aug 11, 2015factForm ADV

Controls (3)

← BLACK, JAMES, LEROYOwnerOWNER, ownership code E, individual
Nov 22, 2011 to Nov 5, 2024factForm ADV
← BLACK, THOMAS, ALANOwnerPRESIDENT, FINANCIAL PLANNER, ownership code NA, individual
May 11, 2022 to Nov 5, 2024factForm ADV
← SIVAKO LLCOwnerOWNER - HOLDING COMPANY, ownership code E, domestic entity
May 10, 2023 to Nov 5, 2024factForm ADV

Owns (1)

← Petraitis, Brian, JosephOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Oct 31, 2024 to Nov 5, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Oct 30, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Adam Powell left The Retirement Solution Llc for Private Advisory (registered 2025-10-30)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jun 4, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Carin Diane Sevigny left The Retirement Solution Llc for Consilio Wealth Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-06-05)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Apr 7, 2024
Advisor changed firm
David Eduardo Bustamante left The Retirement Solution Llc for Fidelity Personal And Workplace Advisors (registered 2024-09-09)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Oct 19, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Clarissa Candelario left The Retirement Solution Llc for Fidelity Personal And Workplace Advisors (registered 2023-11-13)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
May 24, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Tyler Hulet Lively left The Retirement Solution Llc for Spg Advisors Llc (registered 2023-06-26)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
May 22, 2023
Succession filed (Item 4)
The Retirement Solution Llc reported succeeding to the business of Another Adviser (Form ADV Item 4)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Sep 21, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Bryan Larsen left The Retirement Solution Llc for Cetera Advisor Networks Llc (registered 2022-10-04)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jan 26, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Michael James Whitmore left The Retirement Solution Llc for Brookstone Capital Management Llc (registered 2022-02-02)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Dec 23, 2021
Regulatory AUM changed
The Retirement Solution Llc reported RAUM $466.1M, up 77% from $262.7M (2021-10-11 to 2021-12-23)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
$203M
Occurred
Jul 3, 2018
First Form ADV filing
The Retirement Solution Inc. filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:133d4ecc-e395-d542-4eb8-b0f03dad30ca
First observed: Nov 22, 2011
Last observed: May 15, 2026 4 months ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
3 registered feeds stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

THE RETIREMENT SOLUTION LLC

CRD 148106

REDMOND, WA

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Data as of May 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

JAMES LEROY BLACK

Certified Financial Planner

REDMOND, WA

CYNTHIA ASPITARTE MUELLER

Certified Financial Planner

REDMOND, WA

THOMAS ALAN BLACK

n/a

Kennewick, WA | REDMOND, WA

n/a

Matthew Ryan Perrone

n/a

REDMOND, WA

n/a

Shane Christopher Perry

n/a

REDMOND, WA

n/a

Kyle Brent Nelson

Certified Financial Planner

Kennewick, WA

n/a

Travis Johnson

n/a

MILL CREEK, WA

Jared Thomas Black

n/a

REDMOND, WA | KENNEWICK, WA

n/a

Wesley Robert McBratney

n/a

REDMOND, WA

Clinton William Coburn

n/a

MILL CREEK, WA

HEATHER M CARLSON

n/a

REDMOND, WA

Jared Kowalske

n/a

REDMOND, WA

n/a

Sean Michael Closson

n/a

REDMOND, WA

n/a

Tenzin Tashi Zingkha

n/a

REDMOND, WA

n/a

Jason David Falk

n/a

REDMOND, WA

David Jay Granger

Certified Financial Planner

Mount Vernon, WA

Mark Christian Chin

n/a

REDMOND, WA

n/a

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

BLACK, JAMES, LEROY

Owner

yes

02/2023

Nov 22, 2011

Nov 5, 2024

BLACK, JAMES, LEROY

CEO, FINANCIAL PLANNER

yes

08/2008

Nov 22, 2011

Nov 5, 2024

BLACK, THOMAS, ALAN

PRESIDENT, FINANCIAL PLANNER

yes

01/2021

May 11, 2022

Nov 5, 2024

SIVAKO LLC

OWNER - HOLDING COMPANY

yes

02/2023

May 10, 2023

Nov 5, 2024

Petraitis, Brian, Joseph

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

10/2024

Oct 31, 2024

Nov 5, 2024

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

Kennewick

United States

Englewood

United States

MILL CREEK

United States

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Mar 30, 2026

$699M

$449M

n/a

2024

Mar 28, 2025

$573M

n/a

2023

Mar 13, 2024

$475M

n/a

2022

Dec 19, 2022

$397M

n/a

2021

Dec 23, 2021

$466M

n/a

2020

Dec 7, 2020

$263M

n/a

2019

Dec 23, 2019

$197M

$195M

n/a

2018

Mar 19, 2019

$156M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

5.9%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$699M

$573M

22.0%

$397M

20.8%