Health Care REIT Inc.

Mr. Chapman is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. Mr. Chapman served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from October 1996 to January 2009. He assumed the additional title of President of the Company in January 2009 upon the resignation of Raymond W. Braun. Mr. Chapman previously served as President of the Company from September 1995 to May 2002. From January 1992 to September 1995, he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company.

Mr. Herman has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the Company since March 2006. Mr. Herman served as Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the Company from May 2004 to March 2006 and served as Vice President of Operations from August 2000 to May 2004. From 1998 to August 2000, Mr. Herman was a founding member and President of Herman/Turner Group, LLC, a health care consulting company. Prior to that date, Mr. Herman was a founder and Chief Operating Officer of Capital Valuation Group, a health care consulting firm founded in 1991.

Mr. Estes has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since March 2006 and was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2009. He was Vice President of Finance of the Company from April 2003 to March 2006. From January 2000 to April 2003, Mr. Estes served as a Senior Research Analyst and Vice President with Deutsche Bank Securities.

Mr. Farrar has served as Executive Vice President of the Company since December 2006. Since 2000, he has served as President of Klipsch Lanham Investments. Mr. Farrar served as President, Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer of Windrose Medical Properties Trust from March 2002 until December 2006, when Windrose Medical Properties Trust merged with the Company. Mr. Farrar served as Chief Financial Officer of Hospital Affiliates Development Corporation, formerly a subsidiary of Windrose Medical Properties Trust and now a subsidiary of the Company (now known as HCN Development Services Group, Inc.), from 1990 until March 2002

Mr. Miller has served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company since March 2006 and assumed the additional title of Executive Vice President-Operation in January 2009. He served as Vice President and General Counsel of the Company from July 2004 to March 2006. From 1996 to June 2004, Mr. Miller was a partner in the real estate practice group of the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP.

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Ms. Ibele has served as Senior Vice President-Administration and Corporate Secretary of the Company since March 2006 and served as Vice President-Administration and Corporate Secretary of the Company from January 1993 to March 2006. Since 1986, Ms. Ibele has served in various capacities with the Company.

Mr. Crabtree has served as Vice President and Treasurer of the Company since March 2006 and was promoted to Senior Vice President and Treasurer in January 2009. He served as Treasurer from July 2000 to March 2006 and served as Controller of the Company from 1996 to September 2002. From July 1993 to July 1996, Mr. Crabtree was Chief Financial Officer of Westhaven Services Co., a provider of pharmaceutical services to nursing homes.

Ms. Oster is the Dean of the Yale University School of Management. Ms. Oster has served as a Director of the Company since 1994 and is a member of the Board's Compensation, Investment and Planning Committees.

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Fred S. Klipsch, age 67. Mr. Klipsch is Vice Chairman of the Company, a position he has held since December 2006, and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Klipsch Group, Inc. (global speaker manufacturer), a position he has held since 1989. Since 1990, Mr. Klipsch also has served as Chairman of the Board of Klipsch Audio Technologies and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Klipsch Lanham Investments. Mr. Klipsch served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Windrose Medical Properties Trust from its formation in 2002 until December 2006, when Windrose Medical Properties Trust merged with the Company. Mr. Klipsch has served as a Director of the Company since December 2006 and is a member of the Board s Investment and Planning Committees.

Mr. Borra is Chairman of CORA Health Services, Inc. (outpatient rehabilitation services), a position he has held since January 1998. Mr. Borra has served as a Director of the Company since 1991 and is a member of the Board's Compensation, Investment and Planning Committees.

R. Scott Trumbull, age 60. Mr. Trumbull is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (manufacturer of water and fuel pumping systems), a position he has held since January 2003. From October 2001 through December 2002, Mr. Trumbull was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Owens-Illinois, Inc. (manufacturer of glass containers). From 1993 to October 2001, Mr. Trumbull served as Executive Vice President, International Operations & Corporate Development of Owens-Illinois, Inc. Mr. Trumbull has served as a Director of the Company since 1999 and is a member of the Board s Audit, Investment and Planning Committees.

Private Investor; formerly Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer (until November 2004), The Rouse Company (real estate development) and Global Co-Head, Health Care Investment Banking Group, Deutsche Bank AG (from 1999 to 2002); Director of Health Care REIT, Inc. (REIT with investments in health care facilities) (since 2004); Director of Value Retail PLC (luxury outlet shopping development) (since July 2005). Age 51

Mr. Ballard is Of Counsel to Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC (law firm), a position he has held since 1992. From 1970 to 1992, Mr. Ballard was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Humana Inc. (provider of integrated health care services). Mr. Ballard also serves as a Director of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (diversified health and well-being company). Mr. Ballard has served as a Director of the Company since 1996 and is a member of the Board's Compensation, Executive, Investment, Nominating/Corporate Governance and Planning Committees.