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Joanne C. Smith

AGE: 50
OCCUPATION: President and CEO, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

At the helm of the country’s top rehab hospital since 2006, Smith is overseeing plans for a new Streeterville facility—slated to open in 2016 at a projected cost of $450 million—that will increase the institute’s capacity and boost its impact.

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