Never Quit

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 since 1977. 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.