Vice President, Corporate ESG & Sustainability
Ventas, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
Kelly Meissner is Vice President, Corporate ESG & Sustainability at Ventas, Inc., an S&P 500 company and real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns approximately 1,300 healthcare assets, including senior housing communities, outpatient medical facilities, life science, research & innovation centers and other healthcare assets in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Ventas also manages more than $5B in third-party capital ventures, including the Ventas Life Science & Healthcare Real Estate Fund. Ms. Meissner joined Ventas in 2011, holding roles in Acquisitions and Asset Management before starting the ESG and Sustainability department in 2016. Prior to Ventas, her experience includes strategy and operations consulting and real estate private equity. Ms. Meissner is the immediate past Chair of the Nareit Real Estate Sustainability Council and is an active member of the Real Estate Roundtable Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee. In 2022 Ms. Meissner was presented with the Nareit Leadership Personified award for sustainability and was included on the Environment+Energy Leader 50 list.
Ms. Meissner holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics and Biology from Northwestern University. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two young children.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
10:00am – 5:00pm US EDT