Learning Track: LEADING AN ORGANIZATION Stewarding Change At Scale
“What does it mean to lead when the ground beneath you is shifting?”
Democracies are tested. Communities are displaced. Filipina leaders face both unprecedented opportunity and unprecedented threat. This November, Summit 2026 convenes in Monaco to confront that reality — and to put a provocation to every delegate in the room:
What if four days could redefine your future as a Pinay leader?
We’re answering that question with Keynote Panels and Learning Track Sessions — six conversations in all, each one built to challenge how you lead.
We are bringing together FWN’s most prominent voices and global leaders for the Filipina Summit in Monaco on 15-19 November 2026 — don’t miss it! The best pricing for summit registration is ending on June 30, 2026. Go for it at ffwn.org/events.
Learning Track: LEADING AN ORGANIZATION
Stewarding Change At Scale
From biotech founder to nonprofit policy leader to firm partner to company chair — four very different vantage points on what it actually takes to build, scale, and transform an organization.
Cymbeline “Bem” Culiat, PhD, Global FWN100™ 2022 — Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, NellOne Therapeutics Inc; molecular geneticist (PhD, Biomedical Sciences, University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Laboratory); discovered the NELL1 tissue-regeneration pathway; holder of 27 inventions/patents across eight countries
Kathy Lai, CPA, Global FWN100™ 2021 — California Market Leader and Office Managing Partner (Orange County), Crowe LLP; 20+ years in public-sector audit, performance, and risk. California accounts for about $175 million of Crowe’s $1.5 billion in revenue, spanning multiple teams, industries, and business units.
Rosemarie Rafael, Global FWN100™ 2023 — Chairperson and President, Airspeed (Philippine logistics company, founded 1985); EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women Asia-Pacific, Class of 2025; Chairperson, Women’s Business Council Philippines
Sofia Aragon, JD, BSN, RN, FAAN, Global FWN100™ 2022 — Executive Director, Washington Center for Nursing; President, National Forum of Nursing Workforce Centers; former Burien, WA City Council member; J.D., Loyola University Chicago
