ventas inc (VTR:New York)

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Ms. Debra A. Cafaro, J.D., is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Ventas Inc. since January 28, 2003 and March 5, 1999 respectively. Previously, she served as the President at the firm since March 5, 1999. Ms. Cafaro is the Chief Executive Officer and President at Ventas Capital. She was the President from April 1997 to May 1998 and Director since April 1997 at Ambassador Apartments Inc. Ms. Cafaro was a Founding Member at Barack Ferrazzano in Chicago, where ... she practiced real estate, corporate, and finance law for 13 years. She became a Partner in 1987 at the firm, where her areas of concentration were finance (including tax-exempt debt) and real estate. She is a Director, Member of Finance Committee, and Member of Compensation Committee at Weyerhaeuser Co. since February 15, 2007. Ms. Cafaro serves as a Director of World Business Chicago and Real Estate Roundtable. She serves as a Director of Ventas Realty LP and Ventas Capital. She has been a Director of Ventas Inc. since 1999. Ms. Cafaro serves as an Independent Director and Member of the Capital Committee of General Growth Properties, Inc. She is the Chairman for 2009-2010 and a Member of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and will be focused on articulating the value proposition of real estate investment trusts and working with policymakers on initiatives to increase debt and equity capital flows to REITs. She was the First Vice Chair of NAREIT for 2008-2009. She is admitted to the Bar in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Ms. Cafaro is a Member of the Visiting Committee of the University of Chicago Law School and a Chapter Director of the National Association of Corporate Directors. She was an Adjunct Professor of Law at Northwestern University Law School from 1988 to 1992. In 2011, she was named one of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare and one of the Women to Watch by Crain's Chicago Business. She was also voted to Institutional Investor's "2011 All-American Executive Team." In 2010, Forbes named Ms. Cafaro one of the ten "Best CEOs." She was also a recipient of the Aiming High Award from Legal Momentum, which recognizes remarkable women whose personal leadership has broken new ground for women in business (2009). Ms. Cafaro has been named an Outstanding Woman by National Real Estate Investor Magazine (2008); a Woman of Influence by Real Estate Forum (2008); Female Leader of the Year by Commercial Property News (2007); one of "50 Women to Watch" by the Wall Street Journal (2004); and one of the "Best of the Best" REIT CEOs (2003). She received her J.D. cum laude from the University of Chicago Law School in 1982 and B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1979.

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