Sandra, or Sandi as she prefers to be called, graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She became involved in the business at that time, operating 3 Sub Station II facilities in the Virginia Beach, VA, area. Sandi joined the corporate office in 1989 as a Vice President and assumed the title of president after her father, Dominic Ruffalo, passed away in 2011.