About Sandra

Expert Negotiator. Strategic Planner. Data-Driven Research Analyst. Marketing Innovator. Global Perspective. A results-oriented, data-driven, and systematic approach to real estate investment is the name of the game for Sandra Doherty Healy. When you work with Sandra you get a real estate agent who harnesses the knowledge, skills, and expertise acquired through a 25-year career spanning the private, government/military, and non-profit sectors. Sandra cut her teeth in the fast-paced world of high-end cosmetic sales in New York City, winning accolades as a top sales performer for one of the largest global cosmetic conglomerates. Hungry for a challenge and identifying a gap in the industry, Sandra joined forces with a cadre of like-minded industry disruptors to establish a strategic brand management firm that represented several iconic beauty companies earning a reputation for marketing innovation and out-of-the-box thinking. In the wake of September 11th, 2001 fueled by a desire to serve, Sandra pivoted and parlayed her business acumen into a career in international development, earning master’s degrees from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and the City University of New York. She worked for an international nonprofit agency specializing in humanitarian assistance, directed a social science research program for the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) in the US, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and served as an exercise assessment analyst for US European Command (EUCOM) in Stuttgart, Germany. Sandra's ties to the Outer Banks run deep. Her husband, a retired career Army officer and aviator, is a Tidewater native and has called the Outer Banks a second home for decades. Sandra and her husband have owned multiple investment properties in Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills. Most recently they built their dream home in Duck- a contemporary home on the Currituck Sound designed by award-winning architects Robby Johnston and Clark Titcomb of The Raleigh Architecture Company. The home takes inspiration from the historic flat top cottages of conservationist Frank Stick and the interior design pays homage to the more than 60 countries that Sandra and her husband have had the rare fortune of living in and traveling to. Of all of her life accomplishments, Sandra is most proud to be the mother of two sons: a Virginia Tech and VCU graduate who works in advertising in Barcelona, Spain, and a junior at JMU who is in the Virginia National Guard. When she is not negotiating real estate transactions, she volunteers at the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center at the NC Aquarium, serves on the Board of Directors of the Secotan Alliance- a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and promoting the rich cultural heritage of the Native Americans of the Outer Banks, shares her love of golf as a coordinator for the Duck Woods Country Club "Newbies" golf program, and enjoys strolling the beach with her two French Bulldogs. If you are ready to turn your Outer Banks real estate investment dreams into reality, you can trust that Sandra will navigate the journey with expertise, integrity, and dedication.