About The Traver Team

Paula Traver
Buying her first home at the age of 19 in Middlebury Connecticut was the start of Paula‘s real estate career. Flash forward to 2003. Paula procured her real estate license in South Carolina and has sold over $200 million in real estate on Hilton Head Island and the Lowcountry.

She has a fabulous husband, Jack celebrating 37 years of marriage two children who both graduated from Hilton Head High school and participated in the International Baccalaureate program. Both graduated from Clemson University. Brandon, electrical engineering and Jillian Language and International Trade. Jillian went on to get her masters from the University of Greenwich in England. Both are married now and have children.

When Paula isn’t selling real estate, she enjoys playing with her grandchildren, teaching them ballet in tap. Paula also enjoys captaining and playing USTA tennis teams along with her Bookclub “Toes in the Sand” (they meet on our beautiful beaches). She also enjoys boating and golf.

Paula has been featured in six episodes of HGTV‘s Island life. Paula received the Sea Pines Real Estate Beach Club‘s award for most close sales for 2025; 2nd Place and in 2021 she received the Tommy Austin award for community service.

Penny Perrone-Gray
Penny has been actively in tune with the local Hilton Head Island for over 18 years; it all began with a vacation in Sea Pines Plantation. After that first visit in 1999 Penny and her husband knew they would one day own a home on one of South Carolina’s largest barrier islands – Hilton Head.

After obtaining her real estate license, Penny immersed herself in understanding the benefits and amenities of communities on and off the island to best serve her clients as it relates to their personal needs and lifestyle choices. She attends local meetings with various real estate and government agencies to stay in the know for past, current, and future clients.

Penny is constantly researching and leveraging real estate technologies to offer her clients top of the line customer service to help them buy, list or invest in a home/lot/slip on or off the island. Penny is also involved in multiple committees, groups and clubs around Hilton Head as well as an avid golfer.

“Penny was instrumental in helping us find our home. She carefully listened to our needs while at the same time offered thoughtful insight to things we’d not considered. She was fully attentive and highly organized during the entire process from house hunt to close and after move-in!”            Elizabeth Siebenaler – Spanish Wells – Hilton Head Island

Joanne Russo Parent
Specializes in staging, commercial and residential real estate. From Syracuse New York. Joanne has an eye for making a home spectacular. Her many years of experience is a most welcome addition to The Traver Team.