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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserindependent wealth managerSEC registeredRAUM 100m 1b

LEELYN SMITH, LLC

CRD 110517

GENEVA, IL

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Data as of Apr 12, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 19
Dated events: 12
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 17, 2018 to Apr 12, 2026
34 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=0.99 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.01 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=15.0
Regulatory AUM: $852MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-04-12); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $852M
Private client RAUM: $847MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 99%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 12
RAUM per advisor: $71.0Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 38
Advisory employees: 14
Offices: 4Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 1,659
Individual clients: 583
High net worth clients: 216
Custody, client assets: $21.0M
SEC number: 801-113460
CRD: 110517
Filings on the tape: 34
First filed: May 17, 2018
Latest filed: Apr 12, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, IL

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
CHARLES RAYMOND HARTMAN	n/a	GENEVA, IL	27	30	1	yes
JOHN BRIAN DORN	n/a	GENEVA, IL	9	19	1	yes
ANDREW RIBELIN GRIDER	Chartered Financial Analyst	GENEVA, IL	9	17	1	yes
MAKINZIE RENEA STACK	n/a	GENEVA, IL	8	13	n/a	yes
KEVIN JOHN PRENDERGAST	Certified Financial Planner\|Chartered Financial Analyst	GENEVA, IL \| PARK RIDGE, IL	7	17	2	yes
LAURA LYNN CHAMNESS	n/a	GENEVA, IL	5	19	4	yes
CHRISTOPHER F DIECKOW	Chartered Financial Analyst	GENEVA, IL \| HINSDALE, IL	5	17	1	yes
Perry James Argiropoulos	n/a	GENEVA, IL \| ASHEVILLE, NC	5	10	n/a	no
RYAN MICHAEL KAHLENBERG	n/a	GENEVA, IL	4	16	2	yes
Sean Robert Poquette	n/a	GENEVA, IL	1	17	n/a	yes
Kelly Kovasic	n/a	GENEVA, IL	0	15	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
DORN, JOHN, BRIAN	CHEIF INVESTMENT OFFICER	Na	yes	03/2021	Mar 30, 2021	Oct 23, 2024
GRIDER, ANDREW, RIBELIN	President	E	yes	09/2011	May 17, 2018	Oct 23, 2024
MCMANAMA, CHRISTOPHER, PAUL	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	Na	yes	01/2024	May 17, 2021	Oct 23, 2024
PRENDERGAST, KEVIN, JOHN	DIRECTOR OF WEALTH	A	no	01/2023	Mar 28, 2022	Oct 23, 2024

Affiliates (Item 7.A)

as filed on Item 7.A; a related person with a CRD on the graph links to its own page

Related person	Type	Class on the graph	Its RAUM	Control	Common control	State
LEELYN SMITH TAX, LLC	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	no	n/a

Offices

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

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
Oakbrook	IL	United States	4	yes
n/a	n/a	n/a	1	yes

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; showing 8 of 9

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Apr 12, 2026	$852M	$852M	38	14	4	n/a	n/a
2024	Apr 16, 2025	$722M	$722M	21	20	6	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 24, 2024	$603M	$602M	19	17	5	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 27, 2023	$466M	$462M	21	16	6	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 28, 2022	$493M	$475M	20	14	2	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 30, 2021	$448M	$431M	17	12	3	n/a	n/a
2019	Mar 9, 2020	$312M	$287M	9	8	3	n/a	n/a
2018	Mar 7, 2019	$211M	$186M	9	7	3	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
0	2	-2	16.7%	0	1	0	0	2

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	$852M	$722M	18.0%	$466M	22.3%	38	21	4	6

Teams in

teams that arrived here from one firm together

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)	2	Nov 29, 2017	Apr 7, 2021	OAK BROOK, IL	Team lift out	Other	0.5%

Relationships

Registered with (14)

← Kelly KovasicAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 7, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← Sean Robert PoquetteAdvisorregistration: current employment
Feb 5, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
← RYAN MICHAEL KAHLENBERGAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 15, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
← Perry James ArgiropoulosAdvisorregistration: current employment
May 14, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
← CHRISTOPHER F DIECKOWAdvisorregistration: current employment
May 5, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
← LAURA LYNN CHAMNESSAdvisorregistration: current employment
Apr 7, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
← Wendi K SvitakAdvisorregistration: current employment
Apr 5, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
← KEVIN JOHN PRENDERGASTAdvisorregistration: current employment
May 14, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← MAKINZIE RENEA STACKAdvisorregistration: current employment
May 7, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← JOHN BRIAN DORNAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 18, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
← ANDREW RIBELIN GRIDERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 18, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
← CHARLES RAYMOND HARTMANAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 7, 1999 to presentfactForm ADV
← Trevor Bronson KaneAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 5, 2026 to May 3, 2026factForm ADV
← TIMOTHY LOUIS DILLOWAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 20, 2018 to Apr 30, 2021factForm ADV

Controls (3)

← DORN, JOHN, BRIANOwnerCHEIF INVESTMENT OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 30, 2021 to Oct 23, 2024factForm ADV
← MCMANAMA, CHRISTOPHER, PAULOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
May 17, 2021 to Oct 23, 2024factForm ADV
← GRIDER, ANDREW, RIBELINOwnerPRESIDENT, ownership code E, individual
May 17, 2018 to Oct 23, 2024factForm ADV

Owns (1)

← PRENDERGAST, KEVIN, JOHNOwnerDIRECTOR OF WEALTH, ownership code A, individual
Mar 28, 2022 to Oct 23, 2024factForm ADV

Moved with (1)

← NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)Registered adviser2 advisors, team lift out, same day
Nov 29, 2017 to Apr 7, 2021factForm ADV

Dated events

3 bookkeeping events (roster, classification and holdings changes) folded below

Occurred
Sep 16, 2026
Advisor changed firm
Wendi K Svitak left Leelyn Smith, LLC for Bard Associates Inc (registered 2026-09-15)
Form ADVobserved yesterday
Occurred
May 3, 2026
Advisor changed firm
Trevor Bronson Kane left Leelyn Smith, Llc for First Trust Advisors Lp (registered 2026-05-08)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Mar 24, 2024
Regulatory AUM changed
Leelyn Smith, Llc reported RAUM $603.4M, up 29% from $466.1M (2023-11-15 to 2024-03-24)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
$137M
Occurred
May 17, 2021
Control person joined
Paul Christopher Mcmanama (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Leelyn Smith, Llc
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Mar 30, 2021
Regulatory AUM changed
Leelyn Smith, Llc reported RAUM $448.4M, up 44% from $312.2M (2020-12-24 to 2021-03-30)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
$136M
Occurred
Mar 30, 2021
Control person left
Sharon Ann Montgomery (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Leelyn Smith, Llc (listed 2020-12-24, absent 2021-03-30)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Mar 30, 2021
Control person joined
Brian John Dorn (Cheif Investment Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Leelyn Smith, Llc
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Mar 9, 2020
Regulatory AUM changed
Leelyn Smith, Llc reported RAUM $312.2M, up 48% from $211.0M (2019-12-05 to 2020-03-09)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
$101M
Occurred
May 17, 2018
First Form ADV filing
The Retirement Network, Ltd. filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Show 3 bookkeeping events

First seen by DFX
Sep 17, 2026
date not stated
Kelly Kovasic no longer holds an investment adviser registration (last listed at Leelyn Smith, Llc on the 2026-09-16 feed)
Occurred
Mar 27, 2023
Leelyn Smith, Llc reported 12 state-registered advisory representatives, up from 1 (2022-11-04 to 2023-03-27)
Occurred
Mar 28, 2022
Leelyn Smith, Llc reported 1 state-registered advisory representatives, down from 11 (2021-12-08 to 2022-03-28)

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:da45ee7f-c04d-aace-55f7-2730904af0d2
First observed: May 17, 2018
Last observed: Apr 12, 2026 5 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.

LEELYN SMITH, LLC

CRD 110517

GENEVA, IL

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Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

CHARLES RAYMOND HARTMAN

n/a

GENEVA, IL

yes

JOHN BRIAN DORN

n/a

GENEVA, IL

yes

ANDREW RIBELIN GRIDER

Chartered Financial Analyst

GENEVA, IL

yes

MAKINZIE RENEA STACK

n/a

GENEVA, IL

n/a

yes

KEVIN JOHN PRENDERGAST

Certified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Analyst

GENEVA, IL | PARK RIDGE, IL

yes

LAURA LYNN CHAMNESS

n/a

GENEVA, IL

yes

CHRISTOPHER F DIECKOW

Chartered Financial Analyst

GENEVA, IL | HINSDALE, IL

yes

Perry James Argiropoulos

n/a

GENEVA, IL | ASHEVILLE, NC

n/a

RYAN MICHAEL KAHLENBERG

n/a

GENEVA, IL

yes

Sean Robert Poquette

n/a

GENEVA, IL

n/a

yes

Kelly Kovasic

n/a

GENEVA, IL

n/a

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

DORN, JOHN, BRIAN

CHEIF INVESTMENT OFFICER

yes

03/2021

Mar 30, 2021

Oct 23, 2024

GRIDER, ANDREW, RIBELIN

President

yes

09/2011

May 17, 2018

Oct 23, 2024

MCMANAMA, CHRISTOPHER, PAUL

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

yes

01/2024

May 17, 2021

Oct 23, 2024

PRENDERGAST, KEVIN, JOHN

DIRECTOR OF WEALTH

01/2023

Mar 28, 2022

Oct 23, 2024

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

LEELYN SMITH TAX, LLC

n/a

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

Oakbrook

United States

yes

n/a

yes

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Apr 12, 2026

$852M

n/a

2024

Apr 16, 2025

$722M

n/a

2023

Mar 24, 2024

$603M

$602M

n/a

2022

Mar 27, 2023

$466M

$462M

n/a

2021

Mar 28, 2022

$493M

$475M

n/a

2020

Mar 30, 2021

$448M

$431M

n/a

2019

Mar 9, 2020

$312M

$287M

n/a

2018

Mar 7, 2019

$211M

$186M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

-2

16.7%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$852M

$722M

18.0%

$466M

22.3%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)

Nov 29, 2017

Apr 7, 2021

OAK BROOK, IL

Team lift out

Other

0.5%