Barbara Goodman leads Cures Within Reach and its mission of testing already approved therapies for unsolved diseases. She has more than 25 years of healthcare / biomedical / life sciences sector experience, focused on strategic growth initiatives at both for-profit and nonprofit corporations. Prior to Cures Within Reach, she led iBIO’s PROPEL for 10 years and its programs to increase the number and success rate of Illinois life sciences startups, and iBIO’s international activities. She previously worked in corporate strategy and business development at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (now the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Cardinal Health, and Chesapeake Corporation. She earned a BA in International Relations from University of Minnesota and MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management.