She headed the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia, and was Senior Vice Dean.
[6] She was a Senior Vice dean at Columbia and had published collaborations with other faculty on Diversity and other topics.
[7] Her latest position was as the director of its Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics.
[9][10][11] Phillips was a three-time All American in Track and Field at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign where she competed in the 400 m dash, long jump and relays.
[4] Named one of the "Top 40 Business School Professors Under the Age of 40" by Poets and Quants in 2011, Phillips was also an Academy of Management Fellow.