About the business: Synergy, a franchise operation that opened in March, provides in-home, nonmedical care to those requiring daily living assistance. The company has two office employees and 13 part-time caregivers.

After Michael Stevens, 40, returned in 2003 from the first and only military unit to parachute into Iraq, he and his wife, Michele, a nutritional consultant for Mannatech Inc., began to explore several entrepreneurial avenues.

Peter Tourian used to get calls to his health care staffing company all the time from people looking for home care providers to help with their elderly parents. The problem was, he didn’t have any home care providers to send. As he toured nursing homes and assisted living facilities across Arizona, it didn’t take him long to see that there was a definite need for that type of service.

After the events of Sept. 11, 2001, Michael Stevens felt the call to join the military. He signed a contract for delayed entry as a ranger for special operations and was the first and only group to parachute into Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Local Entrepreneur Gives Back Through Synergy HomeCare Joseph Musarra *The Observer* Newspaper of Spring, Texas 2007-05-17 false After spending years in a corporate finance career, The Woodlands resident Chad Jolley began to think about what the next step in his life would be. Owning a business had always b

Andrea Mosher thinks of her late grandmother every time she hires an employee for her home care service.

Mosher's grandmother lived to be 97 years old and spent much of her life living independently, until she developed an ulcer.

Kim Kreber brings a special perspective to her new business, which provides non-medical care to anyone requiring help to stay in their homes.

For the past 17 years Dean Moran has spent his career working in the financial services industry, the bulk of which was spent serving under the EVP of Mortgage Lending at JP Morgan Chase.  During his tenure, Moran broke into the business as a salesman and worked his way up through the various levels of middle management, eventually being promoted to the rank of Divisional Vice President.