Kathleen Passidomo
30 Years, 60 Roles

How is it possible, one wonders, to be a successful attorney, a devoted wife and mother and a community volunteer of epic proportion? For Kathleen Passidomo, the key is a sense of humor. “I don’t take myself too seriously, and that makes everything I do more enjoyable,” she says.

More enjoyable, and quite clearly, extremely effective.

In her 30 years in Naples, Mrs. Passidomo has served in more than 60 leadership and membership roles in professional and community organizations. Included are such distinguished appointments as trustee and executive committee member of Hodges University; director of The Moorings, Inc.; vice chairman of the Education Foundation of Collier County’s Connect Now Initiative; founding member of the 20th Circuit Juvenile Justice Board; and chairman of the Florida Commission on the Status of Women.

A graduate of both Leadership Collier and Leadership Florida, her contributions have been recognized with countless awards; the Leadership Collier Distinguished Alumni Award and the Collier County Citizen of the Year Award, which she won together with her husband John, are just two examples.

Her profession, too, has acknowledged her excellence. Currently a partner in the firm of Kelly, Passidomo & Alba LLP, she received both the 1990 Attorney of the Year Award from the Florida Law Related Education Association of the Florida Bar and the Attorney of the Year Award from the Collier County Women’s Bar Association.

At the same time, Mrs. Passidomo’s dedication to her family remains preeminent. She takes inspiration from her husband, whose professional and community commitment equals her own, and her three accomplished daughters. They help focus her objective: to make this the very best place to live.

As Mary George, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Collier County, comments, “Kathleen Passidomo’s service to our community simply knows no bounds.”

-Melanie Carol
Naples Florida Weekly