PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026
ENITH MORILLO
Cadoret Global Inc. founder, CEO and principal consultant
Enith Morillo knows the meaning of perseverance.
Despite not knowing English, Morillo came to the United States from Venezuela at 15, leaving her family to pursue a scholarship. She became the first in her family to graduate college, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical and biomedical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
It took her nine years to enter the industry – she raised two children and lived in the Middle East before wondering how to break into her field back in Rhode Island.
The Community College of Rhode Island was then launching a biotech program. Morillo took a few classes, leading to a job at Alexion Pharmaceuticals as a manufacturing technician. After stints at Tedor Pharma, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and PharmaLex, she wanted to start her own company to help clients navigate drug development.
Today, Morillo is founder, CEO and principal consultant of Cadoret Global Inc. in Cumberland, a firm supporting startups and small pharmaceutical companies through drug development and trials – a process that can take 10 to 15 years.
Morillo founded Cadoret in 2019, growing from a one-person consultancy to a team of more than 50 professionals worldwide, its name associated with “cadre,” meaning a small group of highly specialized people.
Morillo gives back by offering summer internships to University of Rhode Island and CCRI students, giving them on-the-job experience.
“It’s a very fast-paced and dynamic space to be in,” she said.
Morillo is glad she stayed in the U.S. as a teenager, even though she missed her family terribly. Her father told her it was the opportunity of a lifetime and she could always come back but wouldn’t have this chance again.
“I am an immigrant. My story can inspire other people. I’ve had very difficult times. Now I have this very successful company,” Morillo said.
Morillo said she is proud she can show her children what she’s accomplished.
“I am grateful they can see that I came from humble beginnings and through hard work and perseverance, I was able to make it to where I am right now,” Morillo said. “They are proud of me.”
