Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue IV, 2013 | Page 20

D OM I N A T O R S
“David told me he wanted me to take over and
continue this legacy for our children.
I knew it was the right thing to do and that
there were great people on the job to help me.”
well,” she says. “It was a challenge to learn
the business and the people, and my ability
to do that came to me through a higher
power. I learned to do as much as I could
in a day and then come to a peaceful place
with knowing I’d start back tomorrow.”
Carraway’s situation was a first for
Domino’s. “I understood that they might
be hesitant about having a stay-at-home
mom take over the running of this large
organization. When they agreed, it set a
precedent. I was thankful to be part of that
change,” she says.
Though she went from being a stayat-home mom to being a full-time executive, Carraway refused to hire a nanny for
her children. “I knew that David wouldn’t
want me to continue to grow the busi-

ness at the expense of our children, so I
learned to work while they were asleep
and at school,” she says, adding that both
of her so