The following are members of the Oxford Living Executive Team:
John W. Rutledge, Chief Executive Officer
A real estate entrepreneur and private equity investor, Mr. Rutledge is the Founder, President and CEO of Oxford Capital Group, LLC, a real estate investment, management and development firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. He is also the Founder, President and CEO of Oxford Hotels and Resorts, LLC., which specializes in operating, managing and branding distinctive, high design lifestyle hotels and food & beverage venues, and Founder and CEO of Oxford Living LLC, an affiliate which acquires, manages and develops seniors housing properties throughout North America.
Oxford, its affiliates and principals have successfully sponsored, co-sponsored and/or participated in the investment…
Oxford, its affiliates and principals have successfully sponsored, co-sponsored and/or participated in the investment, acquisition and/or development of approximately $3 billion of hotel real estate across approximately 13,000 hotel rooms including approximately 5,000 employees.
John and his various projects have been nominated and won numerous awards, he has been a regular judge at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business New Venture Challenge and a guest speaker at Northwestern’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He has held a number of board seats and executive positions with a variety of community, industry and cultural organizations. John graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and an emphasis in Real Estate. He received his MBA from the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business with an emphasis in International Finance and Economics. He has also studied at Northwestern University, Harvard Business School (President’s Program) and Oxford University (Christ Church).
A devoted family man, John tries to live by a personal and professional ethos of integrity, discipline, hard work, a collaborative and empathetic style, a positive attitude, a growth mentality, an enthusiastic zest for all aspects of life and a belief that nearly anything is possible. He is a voracious reader who loves biographical, business, social, architectural, political and military history. He also enjoys chess, genealogy, art, cinema, classic boats, architecture, nutrition, the scouting movement and sports of all kinds.
Lawrence B. Cummings, Senior Managing Director
Larry is a Chicago native with over 25 years’ experience in commercial real estate. His track record encompasses the hospitality, office, retail and senior housing sectors. He has served as a principal in both privately held and publicly traded companies. Larry joined Oxford Capital and its affiliates in 2000 as a senior advisor for hospitality and senior housing transactions, and became a Managing Director at Oxford in 2005 and a Senior Managing Director in 2006.
Larry co-founded Oxford Hospitality Investment Partners in 2005. Immediately prior to joining Oxford, Larry’s principal activities included leading the leveraged buyout of…
Larry co-founded Oxford Hospitality Investment Partners in 2005. Immediately prior to joining Oxford, Larry’s principal activities included leading the leveraged buyout of SunRiver Living Centers, LLC, a Bend, Oregon portfolio of assisted living and skilled nursing assets. SunRiver was subsequently successfully sold. Also prominent among his’ previous activities is his 1989 founding of Providence Health Care, Inc., a vehicle to acquire an Ohio-based chain of nursing care facilities and assisted living communities.
Larry’s experience also includes arranging financing for two publicly held health care real estate companies, AmServ Inc., and Amerihealth, Inc. He led the acquisition of several portfolios of senior housing real estate assets as well as a Tampa-based institutional pharmacy, actively participating in management of these enterprises. From 1985 through 1989, Larry founded and served as CEO of Common Goal Mortgage Company, at that time the nation’s only lender specializing in senior housing and long term care. He also served as an officer and board member of Common Goal Capital Group, an affiliated entity that sponsored a publicly registered mortgage fund, which also lent exclusively to the senior housing industry.
Larry graduated from Harvard College in 1976 with a concentration in history. He earned a Masters in Business Administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1980, concentrating in real estate and finance. He is a former member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and is a member of the Urban Land Institute. He is also an avid skier and tennis player. Larry enjoys international travel and reads widely. His primary interests are history, biography, architecture, classic literature and politics.
Scott Vecile, Chief Financial Officer
Scott has specialized in corporate finance for over ten years and has significant experience in M&A transaction advisory, raising capital, business valuation and financial analysis. Scott’s seniors housing experience includes performing strategic asset reviews for Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT and working to secure development project financing for Spectrum Seniors Housing Development.
Most recently, he served as Vice President at a mid-market investment and merchant bank and prior…
Most recently, he served as Vice President at a mid-market investment and merchant bank and prior to that worked as a consultant in the lower mid-market M&A sector, completing numerous successful transactions in a variety of industries. Credentials include a Commerce degree from Ryerson University with a double major in Corporate Finance and Economics and an MBA from McMaster University with a major in Strategic Business Valuation. Scott is also a Chartered Business Valuator (CBV).
Tim Foster, Chief Revenue Officer
Tim has more than 20 years of experience in financial services, corporate development, strategic marketing and public affairs, issues management as well as government relations at the municipal, provincial and federal levels.
Tim has held a series of progressive positions in several top Canadian M&A firms, investment banks and merchant banks and has been involved in establishing several publicly-traded capital pool companies.
Tim has led financings and M&A transactions for mid-market companies…
Tim has led financings and M&A transactions for mid-market companies (both private and public) in a variety of sectors including software, life sciences, technology, real estate and entertainment. Tim began his career with Renaissance Hotels and Marriott International as Director of Sales working in the International tour and travel and conference markets. He is a Graduate of the University of Guelph having earned an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree in Hotel and Food Administration.
