Mona Kay Rifi
Strategic Business Relationship Advisor

Mona Kay Rifi helps individuals realize their career goals, and empowers organizations to move their most important work forward using her flagship (Pre)Collaboration process. With over 25 years in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and healthcare industries, she brings a sharp understanding of how influence and credibility shape desired outcomes.

Throughout her career, Mona Kay navigated high-stakes collaboration dynamics, and became a highly sought-after partner. She’s also served as an Ombuds, coaching professionals through complex issues where strained alignment and career stagnation were holding people and organizations back.

Both experiencing and observing the need for more effective relationships, she developed a strategic 5-step process that builds trust, visibility, and advocacy across functions, within even the most challenging alliances.

Today, Mona Kay works with professionals across all levels. She helps them earn trust faster, engage more effectively, and become the kind of business partners that executives want in the room. Clients experience Mona Kay as empathetic, engaging, and passionate while providing practical, real-world solutions.

Mona Kay has shared her insights through interactive workshops, keynote sessions, and roundtable discussions with the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA), the Association for Talent Development (ATD), the Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum (PCF), and leading life sciences organizations. She is an active member of the New Jersey State Women’s Chamber of Commerce (NJSWC), and a member and volunteer at the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association.

If your organization relies on collaboration, Mona Kay provides the process to increase productivity and earn respect, while minimizing delays, cost, and reputational damage.