Sandy joined Wolfe & Taylor in January 2015, the first employee hired when The Wolfe Company merged with Preferred Properties of Columbia. She grew up working for her parents’ real estate business in Massachusetts and continued in the field when the military brought her family to Columbia in 1994. Sandy’s goal each day is to help Wolfe & Taylor’s agents succeed, and she has the experience to make it happen.

Betsy oversees day-to-day office and staff operations and assists clients with their rental and homeowner association needs. A Columbia native, she and her husband Steve have worked together since he opened his property management firm in 1990. They have three grown children and an extremely cute grandson named Taylor.

Shiela is our resident problem solver and website guru, answering rental questions and keeping our properties up to date online. She is the friendly voice you’ll most often hear when you call our office, and she enjoys helping people find a place to live. A graduate of Spring Valley High School, Shiela joined Wolfe & Taylor in 2017 after working for several years as a manager at a staffing agency.

She has three dogs and a cat, loves video games, and once built a computer out of spare parts. Following her mother’s recipes, she makes delicious Korean food.

Cece is from Colorado and grew up in Lexington. She joined Wolfe & Taylor in 2019 as the front desk receptionist and became the HOA coordinator in 2021. She manages rental properties in Columbia, Lexington, and Irmo.

Cece is a wonderful community volunteer and a member of the Junior League, where she serves on the committee that works with special needs children. She and her husband, Brody, have been foster parents for several years, and they have two children. They spend as much time as possible on Lake Murray with her parents.

Gabriel joined Wolfe & Taylor’s property management division in 2018 as the rental maintenance technician. He is responsible for helping maintain hundreds of rental properties across the Midlands and is often the one to answer tenant calls to our 24-hour emergency line. Gabriel is HVAC certified and has a background in apartment maintenance. Originally from Charleston, he played football at Georgia Military College before moving to Columbia. He is the father to two wonderful boys, Ashton and Amin.

Emily Ryan worked for several years in the insurance industry before joining Wolfe & Taylor as HOA Coordinator in 2019. In 2021, Emily was promoted to property manager and began managing a portfolio of about a dozen community associations in Columbia, Lexington, and West Columbia. She is an organized, creative, and quick problem solver, able to handle myriad issues for neighborhoods big and small.
 
Born in Maryland to a South African mother and an English father, Emily moved to New Jersey and then Columbia, graduating from Ridge View High School. Emily lives with her three precious girls, toddler boy, and two kitties right here in Columbia.
 
Emily volunteers as the Office Coordinator of Extra, organizing Secret Santa and lottery ticket purchases, which have resulted in $16 in communal winnings to date. 
 
In her free time… LOL there is none.

Katherine joined Wolfe & Taylor in 2021 in the Accounting Department. She handles account payables for the HOAs and rental properties. In her free time, Katherine enjoys trying new restaurants, traveling, and vacationing on cruises with her husband. They have three fur babies, Roxy, Lexi, and Sadie.