Key Takeaways
Same name, different people. “Leonardo Cardillo” appears across institutional records, memorials, a photography portfolio, professional directories, and social profiles; each presence should be treated as a separate individual unless reliable evidence links them.
Institutions anchor facts. Pages from the Northern Virginia Bridge Association provide the clearest, dated public trail tied to this surname within the bridge community.
Discovery vs. proof. Portfolios, directory listings, and social landings are useful for discovery but do not, by themselves, confirm identity.
Everything in one place. Below is a clean, manual list of every relevant public link gathered in this thread—institutions, directories, portfolios, and social pages—so you can trace each lane without mixing lives.
Story & Details
Why this matters. When a common full name surfaces in many contexts, it’s easy to merge different lives. Keeping “lanes” prevents that. Institutional records define one lane (bridge community recognition). A photography page establishes a creative lane. Directory previews and social profiles show more people with the same name across countries and platforms. None of these lanes should be fused without strong, independent corroboration.
What we actually see.
— Institutional lane: Award pages, “About” sections, and newsletters from the Northern Virginia Bridge Association document a volunteer-of-the-year recognition and its history. Those records offer dates, context, and continuity.
— Memorials and obituaries: Public notices in reputable outlets and funeral homes add biographical closure for specific individuals who share the surname.
— Creative portfolio: A 500px credit shows photographs attributed to “Leonardo Cardillo,” which is informative but separate from institutional recognition.
— Professional directories and social landings: LinkedIn directory pages load without login and list many “Leonardo/Leo Cardillo” entries in different locales; Instagram, Threads, and Facebook show handles and profiles with the same string. These are discovery signals, not proof of one shared biography.
How to read the links below. Start with institutional pages when you need verified anchoring. Treat portfolio and social links as separate lenses into other people who share the name. If you ever want to connect lanes, compare roles, places, and dates; then look for independent corroboration.
Conclusions
Accuracy improves when each lane stays separate. Use institutions to anchor facts, portfolios to understand creative work, and directory/social landings to map name frequency. With this full set of links, you can navigate every appearance of “Leonardo Cardillo” in public pages—clearly, fairly, and without blending distinct lives.
Selected References
NVBA / Bridge (institutional)
https://www.nvba.org/awards/Historical_Leo_Cardillo_award.php
https://www.nvba.org/awards/Awards.php
https://www.nvba.org/php/About_the_NVBA.php
https://www.nvba.org/php/In_Memoriam.php
https://www.nvba.org/board_minutes/2016-03.pdf
https://nvba.org/deceased/Leo_Cardillo_bio_2019-07-16.php
https://nvba.org/emails/2025-10-06_email.pdf
https://www.nvba.org/newsletters/Newsletters.php
https://www.nvba.org/newsletters/2019-07.pdf
https://www.nvba.org/newsletters/2019-01.pdf
https://www.nvba.org/newsletters/2018-07.pdf
https://www.nvba.org/newsletters/2003-08.pdf
Washington Bridge League (public archives)
https://www.bridgewebs.com/unit147washingtonleague/May-June%202004.pdf
https://www.bridgewebs.com/unit147washingtonleague/November-December%202006.pdf
https://www.bridgewebs.com/unit147washingtonleague/page12.html
Biographies / Obituaries / Memorials (public)
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/leo-cardillo-obituary?id=1827830
https://www.sweetsfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Leo-Frank-Cardillo?obId=4487828
https://www.ballarddurand.com/obituaries/drleo-cardillo
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/leo-cardillo-memorial?id=52212842
https://ilglobo.com/en/obituaries/leonardo-cardillo-125466/
Photography (public portfolio pages)
https://500px.com/photo/279443537/the-house-by-LeonardoCardillo
https://500px.com/photo/283283967/fog-in-venice-by-LeonardoCardillo
Professional directories (public views without login)
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Leonardo/Cardillo
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Leo/Cardillo
https://ar.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Leonardo/Cardillo
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Leonardo/Cardillo/it-0-Italia
https://it.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Leonardo/Cardillo/it-0-Italia
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/%2B/Cardillo/br-0-Brasil
https://br.linkedin.com/pub/dir/%2B/Cardillo/br-0-Brasil
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/%2B/CARDILLO/au-4910-Sydney-Area%2C-Australia/
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/%2B/Cardillo/it-5652-Torino%2C-Italia
https://au.linkedin.com/in/leonardo-cardillo-64aa89a4
https://br.linkedin.com/in/leoncardi
https://it.linkedin.com/in/leonardo-cardillo-21b357139
https://mx.linkedin.com/in/leonardocardillo/en
Instagram (public landings and posts)
https://www.instagram.com/leonardo_cardillo/
https://www.instagram.com/leonardo_cardilloo/
https://www.instagram.com/cardillo4341/
https://www.instagram.com/leonardocardillo._/
https://www.instagram.com/leodiscovery/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DH3qR2dtcJV/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFDJFV8tIk6/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DKjwqGYIHmB/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DG7_nE0oCUN/
Threads (public profile)
https://www.threads.com/%40leonardo.cardilloo
Facebook (directories, profiles, groups that render without login; regional mirrors may vary)
https://m.facebook.com/public/Leo-Cardillo
https://www.facebook.com/people/Leonardo-Cardillo/61556301736104/
https://hr-hr.facebook.com/leonardo.cardillo.148/
https://fi-fi.facebook.com/leonardo.cardillo.148/
https://www.facebook.com/leonardo.cardillo.79/?locale=te_IN
https://www.facebook.com/leonardo.cardillo.96/photos/d41d8cd9/4167402646820920/
https://ms-my.facebook.com/leonardo.cardillo.96/
https://www.facebook.com/leonardo.cardillo.50/
https://www.facebook.com/leonardo.cardillo.10/
https://www.facebook.com/leonardo.cardillo.12/
https://www.facebook.com/leonardo.cardillo.14/
https://www.facebook.com/leonardo.cardillo.56/
https://www.facebook.com/leonardo.t.cardillo/
https://www.facebook.com/100006536774798/photos/4369458709948645/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1598442167132916/posts/3109562066020911/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/345864942288605/posts/2867614453446962/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/309399756202202/posts/542972499511592/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/reddeadredemptionworld/posts/1854266672636767/
https://www.facebook.com/public/Cordelia-Leonard
Author / Academic (public bios)
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Leonardo-Andrea-Cardillo/author/B07326SQJJ
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7925-1213
https://about.me/leonardotomascardillo
Verification resources (one institutional YouTube + one journalistic guide)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJtIGOkn5Bw
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2018/10-tips-for-verifying-viral-social-media-videos/
Appendix
Conflation. Combining separate people or facts into one because they share a name; a frequent mistake on mixed-result pages.
Content Management System (CMS). Software used to publish articles (for example, WordPress); this article is formatted in clean Markdown for direct pasting.
Directory page. A public list that aggregates many individuals under the same name; helpful for discovery but not identity proof on its own.
Institutional source. A page published by a recognized organization (association, university, government, reputable newsroom) intended for the public record and best used as a factual anchor.
Portfolio page. A creative credit or gallery controlled by an individual; informative but not equivalent to institutional documentation.
Results-page artifacts. Interface elements such as category tabs, a small “6 sites” note, or stray placeholders; they describe page structure rather than people.
Social landing. A public profile or post on a social network that signals presence without establishing cross-context identity.
Verification video. A freely viewable training resource that teaches simple checks for dates, places, and provenance to avoid merging unrelated lives.
My Diary - Leonardo Cardillo 