Talk:Debra Cafaro

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Since this page is of "low importance" according to WikiProject United States and WikiProject Biography and therefore doesn't receive much attention, I took it upon myself to lead the effort to revise the page. I:


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 * Added useful crosslinks
 * Removed irrelevant biographical information to conform with Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living persons
 * Removed detail about Debra Cafaro's company, Ventas, which should be moved to the Ventas, Inc page

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Debra A. Cafaro is an American business executive, who is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Ventas, Inc. , an S&P 500 healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns approximately 1,200 healthcare properties located through the U.S., Canada and the UK. Cafaro joined Ventas in 1999 as CEO and President when the company’s market cap was about $200 million and was in dire financial shape. She has been widely credited with the Company’s turnaround and its subsequent success to a market capitalization of $28 billion in 2019.

Under Cafaro’s leadership, Ventas was named the most successful financial publicly traded company for the first decade of the new century and in 2018 was voted as one of the world’s most admired real estate companies by Fortune magazine. Ventas is well-regarded for sustaining long-term performance. The Company's compound annual total shareholder return (TSR) has exceeded 20 percent since January 1, 2000.

Cafaro has been named as one of the most powerful women in the world by Forbes, has been listed as one of the best performing CEOs in the world for six years by the Harvard Business Review, until the list was discontinued in 2020, and has been recognized as one of the most influential people in healthcare by Modern Healthcare six times.

Personal life
Cafaro was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to a working class Catholic family; she has one younger sister. Her mother, Dee Francis, was first generation Christian Lebanese who grew up in an Arabic speaking household in Washington PA; she graduated as valedictorian of her high school class. Her father was born in Pittsburgh to a first generation Italian family with 13 children. His immigrant father and mother owned restaurants and bars; her father worked as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service. Cafaro married Terrance K. Livingston in 1983. They have two adult children and reside in suburban Chicago.

In 2016, Cafaro became an owner and member of the Management Committee of the Pittsburgh Penguins, a National Hockey League team, who won back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2016 and 2017.

Education and early career
Cafaro received her B.A. in government economics magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1979 and her J.D. cum laude in 1982 from the University of Chicago Law School. During Law School, she was the research assistant for Edward H. Levi, the former President of the University and Attorney General of the United States. She had summer associate stints at the law firms Jones Day in Cleveland (1980), Debevoise & Plimpton in New York (1981) and Cleary Gottlieb in New York (1982). In 1982–83 Cafaro served as a judicial clerk to the Hon. J. Dickson Phillips, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Her two co-clerks, Bill Johnson and Tim Hester became the CEO of Duke Energy and the TVA, and the managing partner at Covington & Burling, respectively. She joined the firm Levy and Erens in 1983. She then helped found, as its only associate, a law firm currently named Barack, Ferrazano, Kirschbaum, & Nagelberg, LLP in 1984. From 1983 to 1997, Cafaro practiced real estate, corporate and finance law, Cafaro also taught real estate transactions and finance as an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University Law School from 1988 to 1992. She joined Ambassador Apartments Inc. (NYSE:AAH), a multifamily REIT, as President and a Director in 1997, where she helped to complete the successful sale of the company.

Ventas
Cafaro was hired as President and Chief Executive Officer to rescue Ventas, Inc, a healthcare REIT, in 1999 at a time when the company was on the verge of financial collapse.

Cafaro's initial actions at Ventas were to restructure the bank debt, lead a global consensual restructuring of its main tenant Vencor so it could emerge from bankruptcy (renamed Kindred Healthcare, Inc.

Once Ventas stabilized in 2002, Cafaro hired an executive management team and initiated a growth and diversification strategy. In 2003 she was named the company's Chairman of the Board.

Board Memberships

 * Chair of the Real Estate Roundtable. She was elected for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2018. On July 9, 2020, she was re-elected as chair. She is the eighth chair and first female to serve in the role since the formation of RER in 1997.
 * Chair of the Economic Club of Chicago beginning July 1, 2019. She is the 49th Chair of the Club
 * Member of the Business Council.
 * Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
 * Advisory Board Member of the Harvard Kennedy School Taubman Center for State and Local Government.
 * Board of the Chicago Infrastructure Trust.
 * Member of the Board of Directors of the PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
 * Member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
 * Serves on the Boards of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and World Business Chicago.
 * In 2010, Cafaro served as Chair of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), the worldwide representative voice for REITs,.
 * Member of the Board of Directors of Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) 2007-2016 when it merged with Plum Creek. Chair of the Finance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee.

Awards, Honors and Recognition

 * American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Elected 2020: Class V Public Affairs, Business and Administration, Section 2 - Business, Corporate and Philanthropic Leadership
 * American Seniors Housing Association: Inducted into the Senior Living Hall of Fame
 * Economic Club of Chicago: Guest speaker at the 91st Annual Dinner Meeting
 * Forbes Magazine: 100 Most Powerful Women in the World: 2017,  2016
 * Forbes Magazine: 2016 #1 Top Performing Women CEOs Ranked By Total Return
 * Harvard Business Review: Best Performing CEOs in the World: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
 * Institutional Investor: All American Executive Team (voted by investors & analysts): Top 3 REIT CEOs 2017, 2014, 2012, 2011
 * Modern Healthcare: 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2012
 * Modern Healthcare: Top 25 Women in Healthcare: 2017, 2015, 2011
 * GlobeSt.com: In 2015, Cafaro was named her as one of only nine "game-changers" in commercial real estate during the last 15 years.
 * Crains Chicago Business: 2018 Most Powerful Women in Chicago Business
 * Make It Better: The 25 Most Powerful Women in Chicago 2016 2018
 * University of Chicago Law School: Elected 2014: Board of Trustees
 * Nareit: Edward H. Linde Leadership Award
 * National Real Estate Investor: 2017 Top 11 CRE Executives
 * Fortune Magazine: 2014 Top Women in Real Estate
 * Jim Cramer, CNBC Mad Money host: one of the "Bankable 21 CEOs" named in his book Get Rich Carefully
 * Financial Times: 2011 Top 50 Women in World Business
 * Wall Street Journal: 2004 Global "Top 50 Women To Watch"

Updates on Edits
Cglife.bmarcus Hi there. I made the first round of edits to the first section. I would appreciate if you could proof to make sure I got it accurate. I read twice myself but you know what they say about being too close to the trees. I do need to report that Ref 3 content can't be found: https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/VTR/ventas/mark. If you could please double check this link and I will make any corrections. Thank you Tchula65 (talk) 21:54, 16 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Tchula65 Thank you so much for getting this started! The first section looks great -- I only made two minor edits to fix typos. The link you referenced is live; the reason it did not work for you is because it was truncated by accident. Here is the full link: https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/VTR/ventas/market-cap. Thanks! Cglife.bmarcus (talk) 13:09, 17 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Cglife.bmarcus The edits for 'Personal Life' are complete and ready for your review. Should there be hyperlinks to 'Pittsburgh Penguins' and 'Stanley Cup' wikipedia pages? No worries if 'no'. Thanks Tchula65 (talk) 20:14, 17 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Tchula65, looks great! I went ahead and made minor punctuation changes and I added in the hyperlinks. Thanks! Cglife.bmarcus (talk) 20:28, 17 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Cglife.bmarcus Updates to 'Education and early career', 'Ventas', and 'Board Memberships' are ready for your review. Thank youTchula65 (talk) 13:41, 19 September 2021 (UTC). Cglife.bmarcusCompleted edits to Awards, Honors, and Recognitions today. I tested the links and jumps to reference # then the links within the references. All worked but please let me know if any do not work for you. Unless I misunderstand the assignment, this completes the edits for this project. Please let me know if there is anything else or if I missed something. Thank you Tchula65 (talk) 19:32, 21 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Tchula65, everything looks perfect. Thank you! If you want another project, you can look at why this page is flagged for using excessive references and rectify it.