Greg Judge, Managing Partner
During his 24-year tenure at Boston Financial and its predecessor firms - MMA Financial, LendLease Housing and Community Investments, and the Boston Financial Group - Mr. Judge was a driving force behind growth, innovation, and quality.
His leadership resulted in an increase of the firm’s annual affordable housing equity investment volume from approximately $350 million in 2000 to a peak of $1.5 billion in 2006. The LIHTC platform that was created is not only one the largest in the industry - its portfolio is among the lowest risk-rated and most profitable.
Mr. Judge’s key investment and investment management accomplishments include developing an investment strategy resulting in an industry low watch list occurrence, creating an industry changing portfolio risk measurement and reporting tool, as well as developing an integrated debt and equity investment platform.
Organizational experience includes strategic planning, high profile leadership roles, crisis management experience, involvement in three corporate acquisitions and integrations, and managing an organization of more than 300 employees.
Mr. Judge is a frequent industry lecturer. He received his B.A. in Economics from Colorado College and his MBA from Boston University.
Catherine Talbot, Senior Partner
Ms. Talbot brings 33 years of low-income housing experience to the Candeur Group. Ms. Talbot began her career at Boston Financial in 1991, where she served as a member of the Institutional Sales Team, as an Assistant Vice President, Vice President, and Senior Vice President in the Tax Credit Acquisitions Department.
In 1999, Ms. Talbot relocated from the Boston,MA office to San Francisco, CA to establish the company’s presence on the West Coast. Ms. Talbot was directly responsible for building Boston Financial’s presence in the Western markets and has invested over $750 million of equity in the California markets alone.
During her tenure at Boston Financial, Ms. Talbot was selected by a large national bank to act as their syndicator of choice for equity placement in California. In that capacity, Ms. Talbot closed the largest LIHTC deal in the history of the State of California as well as a large 80/20 transaction with a nationally recognized development firm. She is well regarded in the debt and equity investment communities as a fair, ethical, and honest collaborator.
Ms. Talbot is a former Board member of the Mathari Children’s Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating children in Kenya; a former Board Member of Project Access, a non-profit social service provider; and a former Board Member and Treasurer of the California Council for Affordable Housing.
Ms. Talbot is a frequent speaker at state and national affordable housing conferences. She earned a B.A. in Economics at the University of New Hampshire.