Keely J. Keelan

Financial Advisor

Keely Keelan is a financial advisor with Raymond James, serving clients through the firm’s Raleigh and Cary offices. She believes a successful client-advisor relationship is built on mutual trust and respect and is committed to helping clients achieve clarity and confidence in their financial future.

Keely offers a comprehensive approach to wealth, estate, retirement, longevity and tax planning, with specialized expertise in charitable giving and business strategies. She believes that strategic, ongoing financial planning restores life’s most valuable resource – time – so individuals, families and small businesses can concentrate on their priorities. Keely’s mission is to help others live fully by empowering them to use their greatest tool – their money – with confidence and purpose.

Drawing on the extensive resources of Raymond James, one of the nation’s leading independent financial services firms, Keely delivers personalized strategies and exceptional service with the goal of being a trusted advisor for life. Prior to her financial career in 2021, Keely spent nearly a decade as a business owner in pediatric speech therapy. With the heart of a teacher and an entrepreneur, she values relationships and finds fulfillment in guiding clients from all backgrounds toward their goals.

She earned her undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University and her master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Originally from Greensboro, North Carolina, Keely is active in her community through organizations such as the YMCA of the Triangle, Frankie Lemmon School and White Memorial Presbyterian Church. Outside of work, she enjoys training dogs, teaching Sunday School, exploring new adventures and painting. Keely and her husband, Kyle, have a blended family of four children: Christian, Wade, Catherine and Garland.

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