Mona Philips received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Degree in 1987 from Long Island University School of Pharmacy; Brooklyn, New York. She received a Master’s in Administrative Science Degree in 2003 from Farleigh Dickinson University; Teaneck, New Jersey. She is currently employed as the Director of Pharmacy at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, New Jersey. She serves on a multitude of Committees within the hospital and serves as a pharmacy preceptor, leader, and mentor to many pharmacists, students, and pharmacy residents. She started a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program in 2006 with one resident and expanded the program to two residents in 2014.