Entrepreneurs of the Year | Lorna Taylor

Why we chose Her:
What was expected to be a short-term leadership role through the launch phase has become a 20-year career for Lorna Taylor, and she's still not ready to go.

The CEO of Premier Eye Care has since jumped on the rapid growth of Americans with health insurance following the implementation of Obamacare, expanding a once regional company into locations in 15 states.

“With the Affordable Care Act and everything else coming up, we were forecasting that millions of uninsured people would be coming onto the Medicaid rosters and the (health) exchanges, so we quickly mobilized to stay ahead,” Taylor, 57, says. “We started to roll out state by state, using partners we already had in Florida, from Texas to California, and all the way to Hawaii.”