Donna Gray is the president of Total Awards, Promotions, & Gift (aka AwardsMall.com) in Madison, Wis. She and her husband Dave have run their full service awards and personalization business since1977. She has presented seminars on a variety of topics nationwide, and was named Business Woman of the Year in 1993 by Dane County in Wisconsin, and 1998 Retail Marketer of the Year by the Madison chapter of the American Marketing Association. She also received the 1999 Sam Walton Business Leadership Award presented to only 100 people nationwide. She and Dave received the ASI Humanitarian Award in 2002. She has earned professional credentials as a Certified Recognition Master. Her first book, Never Quit! The Ups and Downs of Running a Family Business was published in 2004 as a promise to her son who died at age 33. Since then, she and Dave have been speaking at seminars nationwide on family business topics.
Her 2nd book, It's All Relative! Surviving & Thriving in a Family Business, is the culmination of her 3-year quest to identify the secrets of success for family businesses by interviewing a variety of owners around the country.