About Us

We Understand What You Are Going Through Because We Have Been There

Why We Started THORO CARE®

When Renu’s dad got sick, our family was faced with the questions of how we find reliable home health care, how do we make the house wheelchair accessible, and how do we get them transportation when we are not around and many more. We were overwhelmed. The Primary Care Physicians did not have the resources, and the internet was the wild wild west. What we would have done to have one phone number to contact to get reliable, trustworthy information. We wanted to create something that would help other families not have to go through what we did. We left our corporate lives behind and attended Harvard University’s Advanced Leadership Initiative in 2019 and created THORO CARE®.

Renu Thomas

Renu is the former Executive Vice President of Media Operations, Engineering, and Information Technology at Disney/ABC Television Group. She established herself as one of the most prominent women technologists in television broadcasting. Renu graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering. She is involved in alumni activities including the Operations Research & Information Engineering Advisory Board and the President’s Council of Cornell Women. Renu is on the Board of Directors for the Medicare Rights Center.

John Roth

John is a former Vice President at JP Morgan responsible for the strategic planning for sales and relationship management in the southern territory of the United States working with government plan sponsors. Prior to JP Morgan, John was a Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager at State Street Bank responsible for launching the Texas office focused on sales growth and relationship management. He has over 26 years of extensive experience in the banking industry. John has a Master of Business Administration in International Marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a Bachelor of Art majoring in Finance from Stockton State College. He also holds patents in Germany, China, and the United States.

Carmel Shachar, Advisor

Carmel is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Health Law and Policy Clinic at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI). Carmel focuses her scholarship on law and health policy, in particular the regulation of access to care for vulnerable individuals, the use of telehealth and digital health products, and the application of public health ethics to real world questions. Previously, Carmel was the Executive Director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.

Deborah Schwarz, Advisor

Deborah is the founder and former CEO of LAC Group, an information & professional services company she originated and grew into a $50M business. Under her leadership, the organization has evolved into an international corporation with offices in North America and the United Kingdom. Deborah has extensive experience with entrepreneurship, business development and strategic planning. She continues to provide strategic guidance to LAC’s Board. Deborah is a board member of the Women’s Leadership Council for JVS and serves on her alma mater University of Michigan’s UMSIs Entrepreneurial Advisory Board.

Kent Summers, Advisor

Kent is a seasoned technology executive with four successful exits (three as founder and CEO). Kent is a Senior Partner with Garofalo & Assoc., a Boston-based M&A boutique. Kent teaches the B2B Sales 4 Startups IAP course at MIT and is a regular lecturer at the Harvard Business School. Kent is also an Executive Leadership Coach with the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative and the author of Startup Sales Field Notes. Kent serves on the boards of Sigma Labs (NASDAQ: SGLB), Massachusetts Materials Tech LLC and iQ3Connect.