Nancy Lurker ’80, president and CEO of EyePoint Pharmaceuticals Inc., returned to SPU as the School of Business, Government, and Economics’ Burton and Ralene Walls Distinguished Speaker.
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She shared insights with SPU students and faculty from her 30-year career leading pharmaceutical corporations.
One lesson Lurker has learned is the importance of “failing fast” — learning from mistakes and moving on quickly.
“In life there is a little bit of luck, lots of perseverance, and, for me, enjoyable hard work,” she said. “I made a lot of mistakes — I learned, and I learned to pick myself back up.”