Laurie Olson

Olson is a seasoned pharmaceutical executive who has more than three decades of experience in commercial and corporate strategy from Pfizer, Inc. She most recently served as executive vice president, strategy and commercial operations at Pfizer until 2018, where she led a team of approximately 2,000 people across 100 markets, with a scope including corporate strategy, market access and reimbursement, digital strategy, portfolio management, business analytics and global commercial operations. She also served as a member of Pfizer’s executive leadership team.

Olson also serves on the Board of Directors of Karuna Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing novel therapies for neurophsychiatric disorders.

During her career at Pfizer, Olson also served as a member of the Pfizer Board of Directors Science and Technology Committee, where she informed therapeutic area strategies and the utilization of new technologies and analytics to drive R&D productivity. As a member of the Company’s Business Development, Portfolio, Disclosure, Diversity and Compliance Committees, Olson developed M&A strategies, ensured rigorous capital allocation and maintained Pfizer’s transparency and compliance commitments with stakeholders.

Olson is also a member of the Board of Trustees at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, CT. She received her BA in economics from State University of New York at Stony Brook and earned her MBA in marketing from Hofstra University.