Meridian Property Services, Inc.

MARTHA VAN CLEVE, President, joined Meridian’s management team in 2003 after eighteen years of real estate finance experience. She was a manager and lending officer in the commercial real estate departments of various banks, including Fleet, PNC, and Chemical Bank. Most recently, she was a Senior Credit Officer at Fleet Bank, managing a portfolio of commercial real estate loans totaling over $1 billion. She has an MBA from George Washington University, and a BA from the University of Rochester. She served as an officer in the Navy for five years. She is a member of the Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) and a former Board Member of The Reinvestment Fund.

PAUL VAN CLEVE, RPA, is the founder and Executive Vice President of Meridian. He has over 25 years of real estate experience, with a concentration in the management of office and industrial property. He has been responsible for managing office buildings of up to a million square feet, as well as various types of industrial, retail, medical, parking, and special use properties. He is a licensed broker in the state of NJ, and holds the Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation. Prior to founding Meridian in 1992, he was employed by Carodan Corporation, Rouse & Associates, the Kevin F. Donohoe Company, and Jackson-Cross. He formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Philadelphia, and continues to be a BOMA member. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1979, and served as Naval Officer for six years.

JOSEPH CERANKOWSKI, Contruction & Electrical Division Manager, has over 30 years’ experience in electrical contracting and construction. He has responsibility for overseeing MPS’s construction and electrical contracting work, including supervising a staff of electricians. He joined Meridian in 2012 after having served as a Construction Project Manager for WPCS International, Inc. At WPCS, he managed large scale electrical construction projects, including the construction of new student housing for Princeton University. He has supervised projects up to $25 million in size. He has experience as a Facilities Maintenance Manager with Federal Express; a Senior Project Manager for AahusKarlshamn USA; a Director of Maintenance and Engineering for Federated Logistics and Operations; and as a Senior Project Manager for All Jersey Electrical Systems.