San Francisco, CA – MAJ
Amelia M. Duran-Stanton, , an orthopaedic physician assistant and currently the
Deputy Chief of Inspections, Office of the Inspector General, Headquarters,
U.S. Army Medical Command in JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas, attended the 10th
Annual Filipina Women’s Network Leadership Summit from October 24 to 27, 2013, that
provided several panels and presentations on leadership and mentorship. FilipinaWomen's Network (FWN) is the nonprofit professional association for women of
Philippine ancestry based in the United States. The events were conducted at
Charles Schwab, Google, and the Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel in the
heart of San Francisco. Previous summits awarded the Most Influential Filipina
Women in the United States. This is the first year that the organization went
global which includes awardees from the United States, the Philippines,
Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Israel, Japan, China, Poland, Singapore,
Thailand and The United Arab Emirates. MAJ Duran-Stanton was awarded amongst “Innovators
and Thought Leaders.” According to the FWN, this award category “recognizes
women who have broken new ground in the marketplace, have delivered new and
unique applications of emerging technology transforming the way people think,
in the fields of sports, literature, the arts and pop culture, or have improved
the lives of others by helping develop a product or service in the fields of
science, engineering, technology, or medicine. This award category is also for
someone who have either launched a new enterprise learning function or
completely overhauled an existing development or community initiative.” MAJ
Duran-Stanton was also selected on the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,
Mathematics) panel which discussed how we can continue to mentor and influence
young women and girls in choosing these fields. The summit included several discussions on
leadership, political activism, and networking. It also challenged all
attendees to “Femtor” (female mentorship) up and coming female leaders.
MAJ Amelia M. Duran-Stanton, PhD,
DSc, U.S. Army, receives her award as one of the Global100 Most Influential
Filipina Women in the World (with Susie Quesada, President, Marily Mondejar, Founder/CEO, and Elena Buensalido Mangahas).
MAJ Duran-Stanton discusses how we can better
mentor and influence young women and girls in being engaged in Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Other panel member were Dr.
Julieta Gabiola, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford
University and ABC’s Global Health, Pacifica, California and Dr. Carmencita
David-Padilla, Director of Newborn Screening Reference Center, National
Institute of Health, University of the Philippines.
MAJ Amelia Duran-Stanton, fourth row second from the left,
along with the other Global100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World
Award recipients.
Major Ariel Batungbacal, U.S. Air Force, Rear Admiral Eleanor
Valentin, U.S. Navy, and MAJ Amelia Duran-Stanton during the Filipina Women’s
Network Summit Gala.
MAJ Amelia Duran-Stanton and fellow recipients of the Global100
Most Influential Filipina Women in the World award, Bessie Badilla, Brinoy
Music Founder from Connecticut, Secretary Imelda Nicolas (Commission on Filipinos Overseas Office of the President of the
Philippines), Maj Ariel
Batungbacal, U.S. Air Force and Dr. Annette David (Senior Partner, Health Consulting Services, Piti, Guam).
With "Cabalen" Allan Pineda (also known as apl.de.ap from
the Black Eyed Peas).
The military Filipina posse: Major Ariel Batungbacal, Major Amelia Duran-Stanton, Colonel Shirley Raguindin and Rear Admiral Eleanor Valentin. Thanks FWN for sitting us on the same table!
MAJ Duran-Stanton with Dr. Astrid Tuminez,
Regional Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Southeast Asia, Microsoft Inc.,
from Singapore.
MAJ Duran-Stanton sat next to Rear Admiral
Eleanor Valentin, Director, Military Health System Governance Integration Organization,
Office of the Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs from Washington, DC
during the gala and discussed their commonality in the field of medicine. 
MAJ Duran-Stanton and Maj Batungbacal with Jocelyn Ding, Vice President, Enterprise Operations at Google, Mountain View, CA.
Elizabeth Ann Quirino, Journalist Food writer
from Jersey; Dr Carmencita David-Padilla, Director of Newborn Screening
Reference Center, National Institute of Health, University of the Philippines;
Nina Aguas, President and CEO of Philippine Bank Communications, Manila,
Philippines, and MAJ Duran-Stanton.
MAJ Duran-Stanton with Patricia Paez, the
Ambassador, Embassy of the Philippines in Poland, and nonresident ambassador to
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, from Warsaw, Poland.
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