---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000104894-23-000068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELME"
cik: "0000104894"
company_name: "Elme Communities"
filed_at: "2023-06-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T15:18:28.972578+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Elme Communities appoints Tiffany Butcher as EVP & COO effective July 10, 2023

## Summary
- Annual base salary of $425,000; eligible for short-term (target 93% of salary) and long-term (target 190% of salary) incentive plans.
- Granted $100,000 in restricted shares vesting in three equal annual installments beginning July 10, 2024.
- Butcher previously Chief Residential Officer at JBG SMITH, overseeing 11,000+ multifamily apartments in the Washington, DC area.
- Role planned and budgeted; she will lead operational initiatives to maximize net operating income.
- Also enters change in control and indemnification agreements standard for Elme executives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000104894-23-000068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELME
- cik: 0000104894
- company_name: Elme Communities
- filed_at: 2023-06-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104894/000010489423000068/0000104894-23-000068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104894/000010489423000068/elme-20230628.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104894-23-000068
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104894-23-000068.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104894-23-000068.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tiffany M. Butcher was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Elme Communities.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On June 28, 2023, Elme Communities (“Elme” or the “Trust”) announced the appointment of Tiffany M. Butcher as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective as of July 10, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104894/000010489423000068/0000104894-23-000068-index.htm

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