Retired attorney, family donate $10M to Naples hospital

The Coletti family in Collier County has given $10 million to Naples Comprehensive Health to advance oncology services for women at the hospital. 

The gift is in honor of the life and legacy of Brynne Coletti, who died in December 2024 from brain cancer at 67. NCH will recognize this gift through the naming of the Bob and Brynne Coletti Women’s Cancer Program, according to a statement. The donation will support oncology services across several locations, including the NCH McGlothlin Outpatient Infusion Center, the women’s oncology surgical wing at NCH North Hospital and the NCH gynecological oncology clinic for women, the 700-plus bed hospital says.

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“Brynne’s strength and grace continue to inspire us,” Bob Coletti, who was married to Brynne for 43 years according to her obituary, says in the statement. “Our hope is that this gift honors her memory by helping women receive the care, support and hope they need at every stage of their journey.”

Brynne Coletti, according to her obituary, was raised in Cincinnati. She and Bob Coletti met while they were students at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Bob Coletti was an attorney with the firm Keating Muething & Klekamp, specializing in corporate, securities and financing, including IPOs and M&A work, according to the firm’s website. He retired in 2016 and is now a retired partner emeritus. The couple, her obituary states, split time between living in Naples and Harbor Springs, Michigan.

“Brynne was energetic and she lit up the lives of everyone she met,” her obituary states. “She poured her energy into her relationships. Her many active hobbies included travel, golf, tennis, skiing, needlepointing, reading and cooking…Brynne was a woman of strong convictions who inspired others to give back to their communities and to help those who were not as fortunate. She would often repeat a favorite phrase of her dad’s, ‘when you commit to something, you finish your commitment,’ and when she got involved in something, she was all in. 

The foundational contribution from the family, meanwhile, builds on NCH’s growing oncology program and its clinical collaboration with Northwestern Medicine, the release says, providing patients in Southwest Florida with greater access to expert second opinions, advanced treatment protocols and strategic program guidance. “This extraordinary gift reflects a deep commitment to women facing cancer and to the future of oncology care in our community,” NCH President and CEO Paul Hiltz says in the release. 

NCH, with over 750 physicians, includes the NCH Baker Hospital and NCH North Hospital.