NEW YORK, NY- Considered as the most distinguished award program for the Asian American business community, Dante Raul “DR” Teodoro, Founder and President of JUNO Healthcare Staffing System, Inc. was named one of the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business awardees of 2009 by the Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC). According to the Center’s website, the awards program “honors individuals with outstanding leadership, vision and accomplishments who have built a successful business or who have distinguished themselves within their community. The award aims to recognize entrepreneurs, business professionals, as well as corporate executives who contribute to the general economy.” DR will be recognized as one of the “Outstanding 50” in a formal dinner ceremony on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at the Hilton hotel, in New York City. No less than the New York State Governor David Paterson will grace the event as a keynote speaker.

Award recipients represent the best of Asian American business owners, professionals and corporate executive from widely diverse pool of Koreans, Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese and other Americans that traces an Asian ancestry. The AABDC program, now in its eighth year, aims not only to recognize successful Asian entrepreneurs, but also to promote the development of business talent and leadership among Asian American corporate executives. This year’s theme is “Developing Asian Talent and Leadership in the Global Marketplace.” Notable figures in business and politics, as well as civic leaders, will honor the outstanding entrepreneurs and corporate executives in the Asian American community from across the United States.

One of the most successful Filipino-American businessmen in healthcare staffing today, Dante Raul “DR” Teodoro founded JUNO Healthcare Staffing, a company that recruits RNs, LPNs, CNAs and allied healthcare professionals and deploys them to healthcare facilities on a full-time, part-time, per diem basis or travel assignments. The company was named one of the 100 fastest-growing companies in America by Entrepreneur Magazine last year. It’s triple digit growth, expansion to five locations in its first seven years and continued improvement in its operations, marketing and strategy puts the company on track to one day becoming a leading player in the healthcare industry.