About MRI's Management Team

Founded in 1981 | Member of SIPC and FINRA | Decades of Experience

Founded in 1981
Member of SIPC and FINRA
Decades of Experience

Learn More About the MRI Management Team

The principals of MRI have over 70 years of combined commercial real estate investment experience in debt and equity placement, mortgage portfolio disposition, advisory services related to valuation and strategic investments.

John F. Boc

Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Meridian Companies
John F. Boc has over 30 years of experience structuring and financing tax advantaged equity investments in real estate and energy transactions. Prior to founding Meridian, Mr. Boc served as a Regional Vice President of ENI, Inc., a national securities firm, and as a Tax Specialist with the international accounting firm of Ernst & Whinney. 

Mr. Boc was admitted as a member of the Massachusetts Bar in 1974 and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants in 1980. He is widely recognized as an authority on Section 42 Corporate Affordable Housing Tax Credits and Section 45 (formerly Section 29) Energy Programs. Mr. Boc is a graduate of Boston College (BA), Boston College Law School (JD), and Boston University Law School, Graduate Tax Program (LL.M. Taxation). Mr. Boc manages the Louisville, KY office of Meridian.

Terri Allen

Co-Founder, Director of Acquisitions, Meridian Realty Investments
Terri Allen is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University (BBA, 1980) and Bellarmine College in Louisville, KY (MBA, 1986). Prior to co-founding MRI, Ms. Allen spent 14 years as a regional director of commercial real estate investments with Providian Corporation's Real Estate Group (now AEGON USA Realty Advisors).

While at Providian, she underwrote over $1 billion of permanent mortgage loans. With Meridian Realty Investments, Ms. Allen has acquired over $500 million of institutional quality real estate assets and completed approximately $750 million of other real estate transactions. Ms. Allen is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research, as well as a member of the Louisville Society of Financial Analysts. She has over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry and is based in our Louisville, KY office.
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