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ESOP
100
What does the B stand for in B-Corp?
What is Benefit for All?
100
Our Human Resources Business Partners also known as the "A-Team" are comprised of these three people.
Who are Alexa, Andrew and Ava?
100
R&B was founded in this year and the first two stores opened. One in Edina and one Denver
It is the 80th year of the 20th Century and the year John Lennon was assassinated.
What is 1980?
100
This is the where we purchase business cards, tagging supplies and swatch folders.
What is QBF or Brand Advantage?
100
The acronym ESOP stands for this?
Employee Stock Ownership Plan
200
B Corps are assessed on how many impact areas?
What is FIVE?
200
The Advisory Board is made up of Chairman & Board of Directors John Gabbert and Chief People Officer Nancy Greatrix.
It also incudes this Chief Executive Officer and this Chief Financial Officer.
Who are Bruce Champeau and Jean Sand?
200
The idea of Room & Board began in this year as a department within Gabbert's furniture store owned by John Gabbert's family.
Lavern & Shirley was the #1 show on television this year and it was the year of the silver jubilee for Queen Elizabeth.
What is 1977?
200
When you need to order Design Center Swatches, WorkLife will take you to this site.
What is Thoroughbred?
200
Along with the ESOP, Room & Board continues to offer a plan for retirement as well as a specified dollar amount if the company exceeds a % of revenue.
What is 401K and profit sharing?
300
Our internal “B Team” is led by this Director of Sustainability.
Who is Emily McGarvey?
300
Director of Retail Customer Experience Lee Testa has a brother that is also part of the R&B team. He is Vice President of Delivery and Distribution.
Who is Jerry Testa?
300
First product brochures printed and partnerships with McCreary Modern and Lyndon Woodworking began in this year.
This was also the year the World Wide Web and Game Boy was invented.
What is 1989?
300
Intended for peer-to-peer recognition, you can find this link to give a shoutout for being awesome!
What is Props?
300
If you have worked for R&B for 5-9 year, you would have this many tenure points.
This number also symbolizes balance, duality, and partnership.
What is 2?
400
Room & Board’s long-standing commitment to sustainability and our communities was recognized in what year when we became a Certified B Corporation.
Also the year Taylor Swift dominated headlines all year long, partly due to “The Eras Tour,” her most impressive tour so far.
What is 2023?
400
The Vice President of Customer Experience/Retail is this person.
Who is Dana Backer?
400
Our Guiding Principles were written this year. This is the same year the R&B logo was updated.
This is also the same year Bill Clinton was inaugurated as the 42nd President of the United States
What is 1993?
400
If you have questions about your benefits, financial resources or Thrive account information click on this tab in WorkLife.
What is Wellness?
400
They were hired by Room & Board to act as the independent fiduciary of the ESOP and represent the interests of the Room & Board staff members.
Who is TI-Trust?
500
Based on the B Impact assessment, Room & Board earned an overall score of 80.6. 
The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently what?
What is 50.9?
500
Vice President of Product, E-commerce & Sustainability is this person.
This Gene should not be confused with the other Jean.
Who is Gene Wilson?
500
The roomandboard.com website launched in this year.
Although it wouldn’t become an e-commerce site until 2007, it quickly changed the way customers interacted with us. By 2009, online shopping would soar to 15 percent of our total sales.
What is the year 2000?
500
It often gets confused with WorkLife.
In this space, you can find tabs specific to retail, delivery, customer care, and finance.
What is WorkSpace?
500
After seeing the Wall Street Journal article announcing Room & Board’s transition to an ESOP last April, this highly reputable source for business and financial news, reached out to include us in their series on American institutions.
Who is Bloomberg?