Forty Under 40: Andrea Hill-Cataldo

Andrea Hill-Cataldo

Age 39: President, Johnson & Hill Staffing Services

One career was beginning while another was ending. And a local success story was born.

Andrea Hill-Cataldo was pursuing her graduate degree at the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst at the same time Kelly Services, a chain of employment agencies, was taking back its privately managed franchises; one of those had been run by her aunt, who had been with Kelly for 35 years.

"So my aunt's daughter and I started a company," said Hill-Cataldo. "I was the sweat equity, and my cousin was the financial backing." They hired two key employees of the former Kelly franchise, and Johnson …