Senior
Housing

Christian N. (Chris) Cummings

Senior Vice President, Asset Management (Senior Housing)

ccummings@ventasreit.com / +1 312 268 4700 /  

Christian N. (Chris) Cummings, Senior Vice President, Asset Management (Senior Housing), joined Ventas in 2002. As a member of the Ventas senior leadership team, Cummings oversees the senior housing portfolio (SHOP and NNN) that represents almost half of the Company’s net operating income (NOI) annually. He leads a team of 27 asset management professionals and manages a portfolio of approximately 700 independent and assisted living communities across the United States and Canada.

Julie Robinson

Senior Vice President, Investments

jrobinson@ventasreit.com / +1 312 660 3715 /  

Julie Robinson, Senior Vice President Investments, joined Ventas in 2012. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, Julie is responsible for the risk assessment, diligence, negotiation and execution of all the firm’s investments, including real estate acquisitions, ground-up developments, joint venture investments and loans in the U.S. and internationally. Under Robinson’s leadership, Ventas has closed in excess of $15 billion in transactions including transformative investments in the Hospital (Ardent Health Services) and Research & Innovation (Wexford Science & Technology) sectors as well as trophy developments in outpatient medical, senior living and research & innovation. Julie is a member of the Kellogg Real Estate Advisory Council, and is the founder of the Ventas Women’s Network.

J. Justin Hutchens

Executive Vice President, Senior Housing and Chief Investment Officer

justin.hutchens@ventasreit.com / +1 312 796 2103 /  

J. Justin Hutchens is the Executive Vice President, Senior Housing for Ventas, Inc.

A member of the Ventas executive leadership team, Hutchens is responsible for the Company’s Senior Housing portfolio, which includes more than 700 properties that provide high-quality environments for approximately 60,000 seniors and represents 48% of the Company’s net operating income (NOI).

With more than 25 years of experience in the U.S. and the U.K. including successful C-suite operations in both publicly traded and private equity-backed investments, Hutchens joined Ventas from HC-One where he served as Chief Executive Officer. During his HC-One tenure, he led the company during a significant period of refinement and growth resulting in Britain’s largest residential and nursing care home operator with more than 300 communities in England, Scotland and Wales. Hutchens’s prior roles include serving as Chief Operating Officer of Emeritus, a senior living company that was the largest operator of assisted living in the U.S. during his tenure; Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and President of National Health Investors; and President of HCP (now Healthpeak Properties, Inc.). He began his career in senior care operations.

A frequent speaker on investment practices, company performance and senior housing and care operations, Hutchens was recognized in Forbes Magazine’s Top 20 “Most Powerful CEOs Age 40 and Under” list for four consecutive years.

Hutchens serves on the Board of Eclipse Senior Living (ESL). He earned his Bachelor of Science – Human Services from the University of Northern Colorado and his Masters of Science in Management from Regis University.

Andy Cooper

Investment Officer
Senior Housing

acooper@Ventasreit.com / 13126603897 /  

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Tim Sanders

Senior Investment Officer
Senior Housing and Research

tim.sanders@ventasreit.com / +1 312 660 3772 /  

Tim Sanders joined Ventas in 2015 as a Senior Investment Officer. As a member of the Senior Leadership team, Tim is responsible for sourcing university focused research & innovation acquisitions. Tim is a board member of Prince George’s County Economic Development Incentive Fund and the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) Public Policy Committee.