Kelly Meissner

Kelly Meissner is Vice President, Corporate ESG & Sustainability at Ventas. 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 a past Chair and current Executive Committee member of the Nareit Real Estate Sustainability Council and is an active member of the Real Estate Roundtable Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee. In 2024 Ms. Meissner was named a Notable Leader in Sustainability by Crain's Chicago Business. In 2022 Ms. Meissner was awarded the Nareit Leadership Personified award for sustainability and was included on the Environment+Energy Leader 50 list.

Ms. Meissner holds an MBA in Finance and Urban Real Estate 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.