Gerard Donovan is a Mt. Juliet, TN businessman running for the U.S. House of Representatives from the 5th District in Tennessee. Located near the center of the state, the TN 5th represents parts of Wilson, Davidson and Cheatham counties.

Born 5/31/56 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Gerard legally immigrated to the United States with his family in the late 1960's. He served in the United States Marine Corps from February 1974 until his honorable discharge as a Sergeant (E-5) in February 1978.

Gerard's passions are his Faith, his Family, and pursuit of the American Dream. Married to his best friend, Marti, for 16 years, he has three wonderful children - Peggy, Wish and John. The Donovans are members of Joy Church International of Mt. Juliet.

Gerard is a naturalized citizen. Plainly put, he is American by choice! Although he dropped out of high school at age 16 - and joined the Marine Corps at age 17 - he went to night school and earned his high school diploma while serving his country. After leaving active duty status with the USMC in 1978, he began pursuing a college education. Working full time and parenting two children, he nonetheless earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology.

Unlike most anointed career politicians born into wealth and power, Gerard earned his success in the same fashion as the vast majority of Middle Tennesseans; he struggled to support his young family during the lean years. For example, Gerard has worked as a car wash attendant, a janitor for the Salvation Army, a laborer in the heat and the grime of a steel mill, and showed promise as a young upward mobile manager in an electronics firm.

For the last 10 years he has gathered his grass-roots experience and cutting edge education to meet the payroll of his own company, serving as President of Quality Practitioners, Inc. Gerard founded Quality Practitioners, Inc, a training and consulting firm specializing in manufacturing efficiency through the use of quality improvement tools and standardization techniques, in 1997. He has traveled expansively throughout North America, Asia and the Sub-continent evaluating manufacturers' ability to meet extensive International Standards for Quality and Environmental Management.

Regional to multi-national manufacturing concerns have benefited by Donovan's 20 years of mechanized experience. Quality Practitioners Inc. is acclaimed as the most thorough and comprehensive consulting available in the United States. 

Today, Gerard Donovan is tackling the most significant challenge of his career as he seeks office to improve the quality of our government. He has been responsible for assisting hundreds of businesses in meeting International Standards and become more efficient. Today he directs his efforts toward improving the efficiency of our nation's capital.