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.

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.

Camille fell in love with design at an early age. Constantly changing her bedroom wall color, she found it intriguing how different the room could look with a touch of color and texture.

After a successful career in the Advertising and Publishing fields, she decided to use her creativity, eye for color and detail, project management and business skills to pursue her passion. She furthered her design education, gained experience working at a local design-build firm and then set up her own interior design company before finding her home at Synergy Design and Construction.

A true design enthusiast, she believes the best-designed spaces are those that feel like you — spaces that are not only beautiful to look at, but also comfortable to live in. She's passionate about mixing color, pattern, texture and personal touches to create unified interiors. Getting to know clients is one of her favorite aspects of the job, allowing her to personalize projects with beautiful results.

Originally from New York, she now resides in Northern Virginia with her husband and two children. When she's not transforming client homes, she'll most likely be cooking, decorating her own home or spending time on the soccer field.

Custom cabinetry and home remodeling have always been an integral part of Maegan's life. Her grandparents started a custom cabinetry business over 45 years ago and she went to work in the family business right after college. She worked in all aspects of the business from project coordination to operations to kitchen and bath design for both residential and homebuilder clients.

Certified by the National Kitchen and Bath Association as an Associate Kitchen and Bath Designer, Maegan loves interacting with clients and seeing projects come to life. In her Client Relations & Officer Manager role at Synergy, she brings her expertise in design and client management together working with clients from the very first time they contact Synergy right through to project completion helping to ensure they 'renovate happy'. She is also responsible for managing Synergy's day-to-day operations, keeping everything running smoothly across all business functions and teams.

Maegan has always called Northern Virginia home. She grew up in Alexandria and now lives in Fairfax Station. Her family keeps her busy with travel softball and swim team high on the priority list for her children. When she does get some downtime, Maegan enjoys playing tennis, reading, being outdoors and loves to travel.

Barbara grew up in a rural town outside Pittsburgh, PA. She spent much of her free time in
the vegetable and flower gardens with her father, in the kitchen with her mother; or later,
toiling away at the sewing machine or in the workshop exploring what would become her
future passion; design and build.

After art and interior design school, she specialized in marble tile and carved marble
fixtures, custom artisanal porcelain and one-off designs that established her in the high-end
design market to include renovating one of America’s Castles.

Barbara then married the love of her life and spent the next 20 years on a professional
adventure that led her across the country learning regional histories, design trends and
those subtle cultural design elements that turn a paper design into the embodiment of the
client’s needs, wants and personality.

She focused on kitchen and bath restoration, remodeling and new construction; from
cottage to commercial, one-off designs and even leading design-build teams delivering
1,800 new kitchens per year. Through this rare professional journey, Barbara mastered all
aspects of design, material selection, importation, manufacturing, product lines, transport,
construction and customer service from the East coast through the Midwest. In this 20-year
professional journey, Barbara saw what worked, what didn’t and how to avoid problems
while bringing the client’s vision to life.

In 2001, Barbara made Northern Virginia her home. A country girl at heart, Loudoun strikes
a hard-to-find balance of history, nature, community and culture—an eclectic and diverse
setting. She lives in Ashburn with her husband. Barbara enjoys spending time in her
kitchen baking and cooking, outside playing in the dirt in her flower gardens, taking quiet
drives in the country exploring nature, visiting local wineries, and getting together with family and friends.

Charlie is a lifelong resident of Northern Virginia with over 30 years of construction experience. He started his career in the industry framing houses and learning all aspects of the building process. He worked for 10 years with a design build firm mastering his trade and learning how to manage projects as well as working in the field. After running his own remodeling business for 15 years with a priority on client relationships and high quality work, Charlie longed to be a part of a larger team. He quickly realized he'd found his new home at Synergy.

In his role as Project Manager, Charlie oversees Synergy's portfolio of projects and manages the day-to-day production schedules to ensure our home remodels are delivered on time and on budget. He works directly with our Assistant Project Manager and in-house Carpenters as well as interfacing with Synergy's Interior Designers and Project Coordinator to ensure design intent is met. Charlie's primary focus is ensuring our clients experience a seamless process in addition to a beautifully remodeled home.

In his free time, Charlie likes spending time with his wife, Amy, and their six children. One of his greatest joys and accomplishments was building his own home alongside his family. He is a man of many talents and, at one time, even helped Amy develop and grow her jewelry business! When he has downtime, he likes to be outdoors and you’ll often find him in his garden or tending his fruit trees. He is also an avid fisherman and enjoys river activities with his family on the Occoquan Reservoir where he resides.

As an experienced carpenter with over 20+ years of specialized carpentry experience, Matt leads our on-site field personnel. His expertise covers many facets of residential and commercial renovations as well as custom woodworking. Matt is responsible for on-site supervision, overseeing our trade partners, and managing and performing many aspects of our carpentry work.

Prior to relocating to Washington DC and joining the Synergy Team, Matt worked for a high-end custom builder in New Jersey. His diverse experience ranges from historic renovations, interior and exterior improvements, to specialty trim, decks, doors, and windows.

Matt resides in Bristow with his wife, two daughters, and frisky but friendly dog, Donner (Boxer).

Originally from Bolivia, Henry has lived in Virginia for over twenty years. Although he graduated with a degree in Business Administration and began his career in the banking industry, his brother encouraged him to switch paths to the construction industry. He started out as a punch-out carpenter at the end of projects, but quickly developed and expanded his expertise in all aspects of carpentry and home remodeling including electrical, plumbing, flooring and tiling.

Prior to joining Synergy, Henry worked with two other well-known local home remodeling companies. His favorite part of his job is having a client think of him as a trusted friend and the satisfaction of having a project come out even better than they anticipated! He is very particular about his work area and takes great pride in keeping his job sites organized. He believes in taking care of a client's home as if it was his own.

Henry and his wife, Scarlette, have been married for over 20 years and live in Manassas with their two teenage children. Family is the most important thing to Henry. They love to spend time together going to the pool, playing tennis or watching movies. Encouraging their children to develop an international perspective and an appreciation of other cultures is a top priority and the family like to travel. In recent years, they've been to Peru, Panama and Colombia in addition to visiting friends and family in Bolivia.

Born and raised in Northern Virginia, Joey is originally from Sterling, VA. He got his start in carpentry as helper on the weekend for the many tradesmen in his family. He didn’t anticipate he’d follow in their footsteps, but he soon found out how much he liked the work and his love of carpentry grew from there.

Joey has worked on a variety of projects and all aspects of home remodeling in addition to carpentry, including experience in electrical, plumbing and drywall. He has a passion for trim carpentry and finish work. He takes great pride in seeing the end product of a project and knowing it is the result of his hard work. He has also worked on new construction, working on the kitchen and bathrooms of a multi-million dollar home in Leesburg. The home included a basement bowling alley and a two story library with a rotunda. It was a special project and one of his favorites as it allowed him to see all aspects of the home come together.

Joey now lives in Herndon with his wife. In his free time, he enjoys restoring and modifying his rare muscle car and loves learning auto mechanics. He and his wife also enjoy spending time outdoors camping, hiking, biking and drone photography.

David's carpentry career began at an early age. Growing up, he was always building and fixing things. As he got older, he worked for his childhood friend's father, Charlie, who owned his own remodeling company. After taking some time to gain experience in landscaping and tree maintenance, he decided to return to carpentry and became a full time member of Charlie's team. Wind the clock on a few years, and Charlie is now his father-in-law - and Synergy's Project Manager!

Seeing how a remodeling project evolves from start to finish and delivering a beautiful final product are David's favorite parts of the job. He enjoys working on the whole process and has experience in all aspects of carpentry from framing to fine finishes.

Ready to put his skills to work in his free time, David and his wife, Samantha, are currently in the early stages of building their own farm home. When not hard at work, he enjoys hiking, camping, fishing and being outdoors with family and friends.