CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 17, 2014--
Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) (“Ventas” or the “Company”) said today that
Melody C. Barnes, a Vice Provost of New York University and the former
Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, has been elected to
the Ventas Board of Directors, effective immediately.
Melody C. Barnes (Photo: Business Wire)
“We are excited and honored that Melody is joining our Board, as we
continue to build on Ventas’s commitment to leadership, excellence and
intellectual capital,” Ventas Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Debra
A. Cafaro said. “Melody’s extensive and diverse experience will deepen
our understanding of public policy, and her addition will further
strengthen our Board’s independence and ability to work together to
create value for our stakeholders.”
Ms. Barnes served in the White House from 2009 to 2012 as Assistant to
the President, Director of the Domestic Policy Council, where she
coordinated the domestic policy-making process. Since 2013, Ms. Barnes
has served as Vice Provost, Global Student Leadership Initiatives and a
Senior Fellow in the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service at New
York University. In her position, she is helping to build a coordinated
global program of the school’s vast leadership educational offerings to
create a streamlined experience for its students. She is also Chief
Executive Officer of Melody Barnes Solutions LLC, a domestic strategy
firm, where she advises clients including major financial institutions.
From 2003 to 2008, she worked for the Center for American Progress, and
prior to that she was a principal in the Raben Group LLC. From 1995 to
2003, Ms. Barnes served as chief counsel to Senator Edward M. Kennedy
and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. She began her career in 1989 at
Shearman & Sterling in New York as an associate in corporate finance and
financial institutions. Ms. Barnes earned her BA in history in 1986 from
the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and her JD in 1989 from
the University of Michigan Law School.
Ventas, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a leading real estate investment
trust. Its diverse portfolio of more than 1,500 assets in the United
States, Canada and the United Kingdom consists of seniors housing
communities, medical office buildings, skilled nursing facilities,
hospitals and other properties. Through its Lillibridge subsidiary,
Ventas provides management, leasing, marketing, facility development and
advisory services to highly rated hospitals and health systems
throughout the United States. More information about Ventas and
Lillibridge can be found at www.ventasreit.com
and www.lillibridge.com.
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