Who We Are

A visionary in home remodeling, Mina creates beautiful spaces that nurture and empower clients through an intuitive, holistic and methodical approach to their home's transformation.

Using Synergy's proprietary Renovation Roadmap™ system, her award-winning team alleviates typical frustrations by choreographing all aspects of the remodeling process allowing clients to actually enjoy the remodeling journey, instead of simply surviving it. From initial design concepts to the actual construction of the vision, everything is handled in-house with a focus on client experience.

Mina’s work has been featured on a variety of well-known media networks - HGTV, NPR, BBC, Shape, the Washington Business Journal, and other national, local, and online outlets. Her own home was featured as the 2021 Model Remodel of the Year and she is also an international speaker and certified practitioner of Interior Alignment™ (Instinctive Feng Shui).

You will often find Mina hanging out in the Reston community or outside enjoying nature biking or camping or enjoying her other passions of writing, singing, and practicing yoga and meditation.

Tim brings 34 years of residential and commercial construction experience to Synergy, with a career that spans founding and running his own general contracting firm, designing and building custom homes, and leading complex projects from concept through completion in the US and abroad.

Growing up in a family of craftsman remodelers, Tim learned at a young age a strong, honest work ethic, pride in workmanship, and a keen attention to detail- the whole of the project is the sum of its details.

With deep expertise across all phases of construction — from concept development and structural design to permitting, scheduling, and quality management — Tim is proficient in interpreting drawings and running an efficient jobsite, giving him a unique ability to anticipate issues before they affect the project. Fluent in English and Spanish, Tim brings strong interpersonal skills and a calm, analytical approach to every project he manages.

What sets Tim apart is a life built around service. He is a husband of 23 years and a father of 5 children, he and his wife met while serving for 2 years at a Catholic mission in Honduras where he volunteered his construction expertise. Then serving for 1 year in the Dominican Republic, they built facilities from the ground up in demanding conditions — including a project that withstood Haiti's 2010 magnitude 7.0 earthquake with little to no damage.

Tim enjoys spending time with his wife Jennie and 5 kids, coaching his kid’s sports, playing the guitar, and practicing his Catholic faith. A native of Michigan, he spends vacations going back to enjoy time on the water at various Michigan lakes with extended family.

With an eye for symmetry and cohesion and a love of space planning, Emily enjoys interpreting people’s desires and creating great-looking spaces. Her personal style is cozy, homey and fresh, and she loves to add personality to designs with color, light and fun materials.

Emily plays a key role in Synergy Design & Construction’s pre-construction services including all phases of design and plan development. Responsibilities include documenting existing conditions, preparation of initial conceptual floor plans, design development and construction documents and 3D renderings. As projects move forward, she also provides assistance in choosing appliances as well as specifying all aspects of her special love – cabinetry! Emily is also a Universal Design Certified Professional (UDCP) and is skilled in creating accessible spaces for all people, including those who wish to age-in-place.

Emily earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Interior Design at Cornell University. After serving a handful of small and large, residential and commercial architecture / construction firms, Emily joined the Synergy team in 2010. Since then, she's been involved in almost all aspects of nearly every renovation project, and has developed a special love for bringing spaces together with effective floorplans, beautiful finishes and fantastically organized custom cabinetry.

Emily lives with her husband Josh in Ashburn and enjoys swing dancing, being outside, volunteering with her church, and spending time with family and friends locally and in her hometown of Syracuse, NY.

Born and raised in Northern Virginia, Joey got his start in carpentry working weekends alongside the many tradesmen in his family. He never expected to follow in their footsteps — but the work won him over, and his love of the craft has been growing ever since.

Joey's true passion is trim carpentry and finish work — the details that bring a space together. Nothing beats stepping back at the end of a project and seeing the result of his hard work. Years in remodeling have also given him a deep working knowledge across the trades, so he understands how every phase of a project connects. A career favorite: a multi-million-dollar new construction home in Leesburg — complete with a basement bowling alley and a two-story library with a rotunda — where he got to watch every aspect of the home come together.

Joey lives in Herndon, and in his free time you'll find him tinkering with cars, camping and hiking with his wife, or out honing his drone photography skills.

Tyler has spent more than 15 years honing his craft across all phases of residential construction — from framing and structural work to high-end finish carpentry and custom millwork. He brings extensive experience on additions, renovations, and structural expansions — installing cabinetry, hanging doors, trim, and premium finishes while also coordinating subcontractors, leading crews, and keeping jobsites running smoothly — all while maintaining the quality and code compliance that every well-run project demands.

For Tyler, the best part of the job is seeing a project evolve from blueprints to a finished space and delivering something clients truly love.

When he's not on the jobsite, Tyler enjoys baseball, fishing, and spending time with his son.