DCID Annual Meeting and Board Elections

The DCID Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 10 at 9 a.m., located at the Taft Center, 425 Walnut Street, second floor.

This meeting will include the election of the DCID Board of Trustees for 2022-2025. More information about the nominees and other topics is provided below.

DCID Board of Trustees Nominations

This year’s meeting will include the election of five downtown property owners to serve on the DCID Board of Trustees from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025. The Board’s duties are to ensure that the objectives of the Plan are achieved and that interests of property owners are being served. The Board meets monthly.

As specified in the DCID Code of Regulations, the Board consists of nine (9) members: five (5) elected members (representatives of DCID property owners) and four (4) appointed members. Each Trustee represents one of the following categories:

Elected Representative of:

Office Property - Class A (premier buildings with rents above average)
Office Property - Class B (buildings with a wide range of users with rents in average ranges) or Class C (buildings competing for tenants requiring functional space)
Retail Property
Diversified Property (owner occupied property used for small business; residential property; or property used primarily for parking)
Diversified Property (owner occupied property used for small business; residential property; or property used primarily for parking)

For information about each nominee, please read the bios provided below.

Category: Class A Office

Amanda Darnell

Vice President
EWS Senior Project Group Manager
Fifth Third Bank

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Amanda Darnell is Vice President and Senior Project Group Manager at Fifth Third Bank. In this role she leads the team responsible for office, admin, and special projects construction activities for the company. Prior to Fifth Third Bank, Amanda led construction projects for multiple clients during her long tenure at the largest commercial real estate firm in the world, CBRE.

Amanda has worked on construction project portfolios across the United States. Having resided in Texas, Tennessee, Florida, Virginia, and Central America; she settled in downtown Cincinnati four years ago, where she owns a condo and is excited to be a part of this vibrant and growing community.

Category: Class B/C Office

Lindsey Taylor

Senior Director of Alternative Profit and Partnerships, Corporate Real Estate
The Kroger Company

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As senior director of Alternative Profit and Partnerships, Lindsey leads the development of alternative businesses by leveraging stores, logistics and data assets to create incremental new profit streams and redefine the customer experience. By developing our groundbreaking customer fulfillment centers, Lindsey is leading the acceleration of grocery e-commerce both for our business and the industry.

Lindsey is a corporate real estate executive with 14 years of experience in strategic capital planning and partnerships nationwide. Prior to her current position, Lindsey served as senior director of Corporate Real Estate where she led the development of capital strategies and supported real estate investments for our King Soopers, Harris Teeter, Roundy’s, Lucky’s, QFC and Ruler divisions. She joined the Kroger Family of Companies as a real estate specialist in 2007.

Lindsey has been recognized as a “Rising Star” in Progressive Grocer’s Top Women in Grocery Awards, and she was also named to Chain Store Age’s “Real Estates 10 under 40” list.

Lindsey earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and criminology from the Ohio State University, and she received her juris doctorate from Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law. Lindsey was admitted to the Ohio bar in 2007.

Category: Retail

Bob Deck

Managing Partner
Four Entertainment Group
(4EG)

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Bob serves as chief operations officer for Four Entertainment Group’s (4EG) Cincinnati concepts. Deck oversees the operations, management and growth of each location and ensures each of the Queen City’s bars and the full-service, casual bar and grill concept Keystone Bar & Grill provide consistent superior service, captivating décor and high-quality products, resulting in a strong brand definition and a loyal following. He also assists with the marketing division of 4EG by identifying creative and unique marketing plans that engage desired audiences.

After graduating from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1995, Deck moved to Atlanta to pursue his Doctorate of Chiropractic degree. While attending school, he worked at several different bars and clubs until moving to Cincinnati in 2000 to open a private chiropracticpractice in his hometown of Anderson Township.

In 2001, Deck reconnected with collegiate friends David Halpern and Ben Klopp who had already partnered to open aliveOne and Estelle’s bars in Chicago. Deck joined Halpern and Klopp to expand their operation of upscale bars, and through a partnership with Klopp’s childhood friend Dan Cronican, the four opened aliveOne and Mt. Adams Pavilion in Cincinnati in 2002. After much success with the first four locations, the team continued to open and operate several additional establishments. In 2007, the team converted their individual businesses into a larger operating company that is now Four Entertainment Group. Four Entertainment Group currently owns and operates 20 locations throughout Cincinnati, Chicago, Columbus and Northern Kentucky.

Category: Diversified Property

Brian Banke

Global Real Estate Portfolio Leader
Workplace Services, Global Business Services
The Procter & Gamble Company

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As part of Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) Global Facilities & Real Estate team, Brian specializes in portfolio management, transaction management and capital management services. He is responsible for the global real estate portfolio management team for P&G overseeing real estate planning, strategy and implementation for P&G’s global portfolio which encompasses ~120 million square foot global portfolio in over 70 countries. Under his leadership, the team has delivered more than $100 million in real estate savings. Brian is also accountable for the Engineering, Workplace Design and Risk functions within P&G’s global Workplace Services team.

Brian has managed regional and global teams and local market transactions for office, R&D, industrial and manufacturing portfolios during his 24 year career at P&G and over 30 years in real estate. He has extensive experience in providing strategic planning and execution services for P&G business units around the globe and developing and executing local real estate transactions. He has direct experience in over 50 countries around the world and provided real estate leadership for business acquisitions (eg, Clairol, Wella, Gillette, Merck Consumer Health) & divestitures (eg, Coffee, Pharma, Specialty Beauty). Prior to joining P&G, Brian worked for American Family Insurance and Bell Atlantic Properties.

Brian holds an MBA in Real Estate from University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BSE in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University. He is a member of the University of Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association and CoreNet Global. Brian serves on the University of Cincinnati BEARE board and is a Trustee (Chairperson) on the Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District Board. Brian is a recognized industry leader and holds the Board Certified in Corporate Real Estate (BCCR) and Senior Leader Corporate Real Estate (SLCR) designations.

Category: Diversified Property

Jon Burger

Assistant Vice President and Director
Western and Southern
Financial Group

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Jon Burger is Assistant Vice President and Director of Corporate Real Estate for Western and Southern Financial Group.

Jon oversees all responsibilities for corporate real estate for the Western and Southern home office campus and leasing for all Agency and affiliated offices throughout the U.S.

Prior to joining Eagle Realty Group and Western and Southern, Jon served as regional Business Unit Head for Duke Realty’s operations in Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky and was responsible for all development, leasing, construction, property management and operations.

Jon has been practicing real estate throughout North America for over 30 years with commercial real estate firms. He is a Certified Property Manager with the Institute of Real Estate Management, past member of the BEARE board at the University of Cincinnati, member of the Heisman Club at Oberlin College, and past state board member of the Building Owners and Managers Association and has been on a number of professional and civic boards throughout his career.

Jon holds a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Ohio.

Category: Diversified Property

Joan Meyer

Residential Condo Owner

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Joan has lived in Cincinnati for almost 35 years and has always loved downtown. Staying in the Westin when she interviewed with P&G was a thrill, played a role in her decision to move her family from Illinois to Cincinnati to work at P&G. Joan worked at P&G in the Research and Development area as a scientist, in Beauty Care and primarily Health Care areas.

After P&G, Joan worked at Kendle in the Carew Tower, and moved downtown in 2019 to The Reserve apartments and later bought a condo in The Gibson Lofts on Walnut in 2020.

Joan has served on Boards in the past, including 15 years of service including past Chair of the Board of the Ohio River Valley Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, the University of Cincinnati Orthopaedic Research and Education Board, and served as the Industry Representative on the global Orthopaedic Research Society Board. Joan understands the importance of relationships to get things done, and can think strategically. Her experience as a Project Leader in the clinical development space has taught her how to manage diverse teams and evaluate options to reach the best solution.

Submitting a Proxy for Voting at the DCID Annual Meeting

If you are a property owner and cannot attend the annual meeting, you may select a representative to serve as a proxy. To send a representative to vote on your behalf please complete the Voting Proxy Form below and return to Cate Douglas at cdouglas@3cdc.org

Voting Proxy Form

The deadline to submit the form is November 5, 2021.

Sample Ballot for DCID Board of Trustees Election

To view the Sample Ballot for the election, click on the link below. Please note this is a sample ballot for your advance information only— official ballots for voting will be distributed at the meeting on November 10. Voting will be supervised, and ballots counted by the accounting firm, Barnes Dennig & Co., Ltd.

Sample Ballot