Katherine W. Phillips, Reuben Mark Professor of Organizational Character, and Director of the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics , Columbia Business School

Professor Katherine W. Phillips is the Reuben Mark Professor of Organizational Character, and director of the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics. She joined the faculty at Columbia Business School as the Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics in Fall of 2011. Previously she was associate professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and co-director and founder of Northwestern's Center on the Science of Diversity. She has also been a visiting professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and visiting scholar at the Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences. Her research addresses the main questions of the value of diversity. Phillips is the recipient of numerous professional awards, including top awards and recognition from the International Association of Conflict Management, the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management, the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Excellence in Work-Family Research Award, and the Gender, Diversity and Organizations Division of the Academy of Management. Phillips received her BA in Psychology from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and her PhD in Organizational Behavior from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.