Minority Supplier Council Giving Latinos a Leg Up | ctlatinonews.com
By Robert Cyr
Twenty-six years ago, Elby Pagano saw a need for court interpreters in many languages but no business to fill it. Quitting her job as a court interpreter, she opened Manchester-based Interpreters and Translators Inc.
Her business grew over the years, but since registering her business with the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council (GNEMSDC), she has seen her business flourish at a faster pace. Now the company employs 15 people, thousands of subcontracted linguists and has state contracts and deals with non-profit businesses and courts in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Her son Francesco Pagano now manages the business. Membership in GNEMSDC and certification through the group as a women and minority-owned business directly resulted in strong federal contracts with the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Control, Pagano said
Minority Supplier Council Giving Latinos a Leg Up
Francesco Pagano
Twenty-six years ago, Elby Pagano saw a need for court interpreters in many languages but no business to fill it. Quitting her job as a court interpreter, she opened Manchester-based Interpreters and Translators Inc.
Her business grew over the years, but since registering her business with the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council (GNEMSDC), she has seen her business flourish at a faster pace. Now the company employs 15 people, thousands of subcontracted linguists and has state contracts and deals with non-profit businesses and courts in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Her son Francesco Pagano now manages the business. Membership in GNEMSDC and certification through the group as a women and minority-owned business directly resulted in strong federal contracts with the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Control, Pagano said
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