• DEBRA A. CAFARO
• RAYMOND J. LEWIS
• T. RICHARD RINEY
• RICHARD A. SCHWEINHART
• ROBERT J. BREHL
• TIMOTHY A. DOMAN
• JULIE M. DREIXLER
• BRIAN K. WOOD
• KRISTEN M. BENSON
• VINCENT M. COZZI
• CHRISTIAN N. CUMMINGS
• JOSEPH G. SOLARI

DEBRA A. CAFARO, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
DEBRA A. CAFARO joined the Company as Chief Executive Officer and President in 1999 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in January 2003. From 1997 to 1998, she served as President and a director of Ambassador Apartments, Inc. (NYSE: AAH), a multifamily REIT. Ms. Cafaro is a director of Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY), one of the world’s largest integrated forest products companies, the Treasurer of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) and a member of the Real Estate Roundtable and its Nominating Committee. She also chairs the Visiting Committee of the University of Chicago Law School. Ms. Cafaro is admitted to the Bar in Illinois and Pennsylvania. (DOB: December 15, 1957)

RAYMOND J. LEWIS, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
RAYMOND J. LEWIS was named Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the Company in October 2002 and was promoted to Executive Vice President in January 2006. Previously, he was managing director of business development for GE Capital Healthcare Financial Services, a division of General Electric Capital Corporation (“GECC”), which is a subsidiary of General Electric Corporation, where he led a team focused on mergers and portfolio acquisitions of healthcare assets. Prior to that, Mr. Lewis was Executive Vice President of healthcare finance for Heller Financial, Inc. (acquired by GECC in 2001), where he had primary responsibility for healthcare lending. Mr. Lewis has served as a director of the Assisted Living Federation of America and as Chairman and a director of the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (“NIC”). He is currently a member of the Executive Board of the American Seniors Housing Association. (DOB: September 20, 1964)

T. RICHARD RINEY, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
T. RICHARD RINEY has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company since May 1998 and was also designated our Chief Administrative Officer in February 2007. Previously, he served as Transactions Counsel of Vencor, Inc. (Ventas’s predecessor). Prior to that, Mr. Riney was a partner of Hirn, Reed & Harper, a law firm based in Louisville, Kentucky, where his areas of concentration were real estate and corporate finance. He is a member of NAREIT. (DOB: June 13, 1957)

RICHARD A. SCHWEINHART, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
RICHARD A. SCHWEINHART was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company in December 2002, after serving as a full time consultant to Ventas from May to November 2002, and was promoted to Executive Vice President in January 2006. Previously, Mr. Schweinhart was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (“Kindred”), where he was responsible for all financial aspects of the company, including accounting, finance, purchasing, insurance, tax, reimbursement and internal control. Prior to that, Mr. Schweinhart was a Senior Vice President of Finance for HCA, Chief Financial Officer at Galen Health Care, Inc. (a spin off of Humana Inc. (“Humana”)) prior to its acquisition by HCA and a Senior Vice President of Finance at Humana. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a director of Health Enterprises Network of Louisville. (DOB: September 19, 1949)

ROBERT J. BREHL, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
ROBERT J. BREHL joined the Company as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller in January 2006. From 1998 to 2005, Mr. Brehl was Senior Vice President and Controller of privately-held Atria Senior Living Group, Inc., one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of assisted living communities. At Atria Senior Living he had oversight for all accounting and tax functions, treasury operations and cash management. Prior to that, he was with Ernst & Young LLP in Louisville, Kentucky from 1985 until 1998 where his last position was as senior manager and his responsibilities included work with various publicly-held multinational corporations. Mr. Brehl is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants. (DOB: February 23, 1962)

TIMOTHY A. DOMAN, Senior Vice President, Asset Management
TIMOTHY A. DOMAN joined the Company as Vice President, Asset Management in September 2002. In February 2007 he was promoted to Senior Vice President. Before joining Ventas, Mr. Doman was a senior asset manager for GE Capital Real Estate where he had responsibility for a real estate equity and loan portfolio. His responsibilities included approval and implementation of property business plans, development of investment and exit strategies and development and approval of major capital improvement programs. He was previously a Vice President of Asset Management at Kemper Corporation. He received a B.B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin and an M.B.A. in Finance from Indiana University. (DOB: July 12, 1965)

JULIE M. DREIXLER, Senior Vice President, Human Resources
JULIE M. DREIXLER joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Human Resources in January 2008. Before joining Ventas, Ms. Dreixler was a Vice President, Human Resources for Cardinal Health where she served as a business partner within the Healthcare Supply Chain Services segment. Much of her focus there included leading organizational change and integration activities to support business goals. Prior to that, she was Vice President, Human Resources, for Sara Lee Coffee & Tea, with responsibility for the U.S. Foodservice business. Previous work experience includes various HR positions with Citibank, Aris-Isotoner (a division of Sara Lee), GE Capital (two different business units) and Chicago Title and Trust. She received a B.A. in Public Administration, Political Science and German from Augustana College and an M.S. in Industrial Relations/Human Resources from Loyola University. (DOB: November 20, 1961)

BRIAN K. WOOD, Senior Vice President, Tax
BRIAN K. WOOD has served as Vice President, Tax of the Company since May 2000. In February 2007 he was promoted to Senior Vice President. Prior to that he was Vice President, Tax for Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:KND), from April 1991 to May 2000 where his areas of concentration were taxation and insurance. From January 1985 to April 1991, Mr. Wood was a tax manager with Ernst & Young, an international accounting firm. Mr. Wood is a member of NAREIT, Tax Executives Institute, and American Society of Certified Public Accountants. (DOB: April 12, 1962)

KRISTEN M. BENSON, Vice President and Senior Securities Counsel
KRISTEN M. BENSON joined the Company as Senior Securities Counsel in July 2004. In February 2007 she was promoted to Vice President. From October 1997 to June 2004, she was an associate in the Chicago office of Sidley Austin LLP, where her areas of concentration were mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Ms. Benson received a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and her J.D. from the University of Virginia. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association and NAREIT. (DOB: April 27, 1973)

VINCENT M. COZZI, Managing Director, Acquisitions
VINCENT M. COZZI joined the Company as Managing Director, Acquisitions in July 2005. Before joining Ventas he was Vice President-Finance and Treasurer of Trizec Properties, one of the nation's largest owners of premier office buildings, where he held positions in finance, corporate strategy and asset management from 1998 to 2005. Mr. Cozzi has also held positions at Kemper Corporation and at Falcon Real Estate Ltd., where he had responsibilities for the acquisition, disposition, finance and asset management of commercial properties in major markets across the country. He received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin and an M.B.A. in Finance and Business Policy from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. (DOB: October 14, 1965)

CHRISTIAN N. CUMMINGS, Vice President, Asset Management
CHRISTIAN N. CUMMINGS joined the Company as a Financial Analyst in June 2002. Mr. Cummings was promoted to Financial Manager in February 2004 and to Vice President in July 2007. He received a B.A. in History and an M.B.A. from the University of Louisville. (DOB: December 14, 1973)

JOSEPH G. SOLARI, Managing Director, Acquisitions
JOSEPH G. SOLARI joined the Company as Managing Director, Acquisitions, in May 2007. Before joining Ventas, Mr. Solari was a Director, Healthcare Corporate Finance, with Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, an international investment bank, where he provided a wide range of services to healthcare clients, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, financial opinions and financial restructurings from 1999 to 2007. Previously, Mr. Solari also held the positions of Associate and Vice President of Investment Banking for Everen Securities, Inc., now Wachovia Securities, from 1993 to 1999. Mr. Solari received a B.S. in Business Administration, magna cum laude, and M.B.A. in Finance from Virginia Commonwealth University. (DOB: April 14, 1964)