Wendy, 42, is married to Tim Nanney and is the daughter of Bob Jones University Dean, Dr. Bob Taylor. She graduated from Bob Jones University in 1987 with degrees in business administration and political science. She is immediate past chairman of the Greenville County Republican Party, former treasurer of Upstate Republican Women, and former staff assistant to the chief legal counsel for Sen. Jesse Helms on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Nanneys have five children. She is credit manager for Interfilm Holdings in Piedmont, South Carolina.