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Fies Looks To Past Inspirations

Overview of the Article

For Synergy Design & Construction Founder and CEO Mina Fies, things did not always come easy.

The head of the Reston-based business was the guest speaker for July’s Sterling Women Luncheon and spoke openly about her less-than-typical upbringing.

Growing up in a single-parent household where for weeks she would spend time in other’s homes while her mother pursued a career as a truck driver, Fies was the victim of abuse on many levels until whe went to live with her grandparents at the age of 9, following her mother’s death in a trucking accident.

Loudoun Business, August 2010: Fies Looks to Past Inspirations (pdf)