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board to study ESOPs. Rhonda eagerly launched out to research what that meant. She traveled far and wide to interview other companies in our industry who were employee owned. She advocated strongly for this as the right move. She was right again. Employee ownership is something that matters in a deep way to many. We all owe Rhonda a debt of gratitude for her leadership in making that happen. Rhonda has announced that she is retiring on Sept. 15. I’m a little pissed off that she is retiring before me and she is still younger than me. Kidding, I’m not really mad. She is approaching this milestone with such grace and excitement that I can’t be anything other than impressed. She darn sure has earned all the accolades and good wishes from all of us. In one sense, FBS will not be the same without her. In a much more important sense, Rhonda Millick has given us such a strong foundation that there is no doubt our company will continue to grow and thrive in the way she dreams that it should.
Rhonda never wavered in her support of me as I ran the company. She spoke her mind, which she was duty bound to do, but always with respect and with a firm grip on what was best for FBS. I listened to her often because I always received good counsel. We were partners in the truest sense of the word. I couldn’t have asked for a better one. Rhonda led on another issue that has become the hallmark of our company. She was an early adopter of the notion of employee ownership. In the early 2000s, we formed a committee of the
– Rick Lierz CEO
HIGH FIVES
WE MAKE BUILDING EASY Submitted by Matt Farnworth of McCall About Mike Angier of McCall
has been of huge value to us. When Kasey joined us, it was at a time when we had just brought our modular side of cabinets back into the mix. It was a big change and transition for all of us to work together and develop processes we could all make work, and Kasey was an incredible part of all of it and had a lot of great ideas and input to get where we are today. Kasey is pretty much a one-man show in our mod building and does an amazing job. When he has down time, he is more than willing to come help out on our custom side of cabinets as well and lend a helping hand. He has also become one of our certified forklift trainers to help get some of our other employees trained on our forklift. We are very fortunate to have Kasey as part of our department and part of our team and appreciate all his efforts and willingness to help us all. So, a big high five to Kasey Jensen of the cabinet department.”
“ High five goes out to FBS McCall delivery driver Mike Angier after we received a positive note and picture of his work from a happy customer. The customer stated, ‘I’m impressed with your driver. Good attention to detail, high energy, and so nice.’ Good job, Mike! Keep up the good work.”
GUIDE Submitted by Chris Edwards of Boise yard About Agapito Bernal of Boise yard
“ I would like to recognize Agapito Bernal for always stepping up to help in the Boise yard with whatever needs to be done. Examples include restocking racks, helping with processing returns, and training our new employees on how to work safely and efficiently in each area of the yard. Agapito is a great example of being interdependent and does all this with a great attitude and smile.” STRIVE Submitted by Ritchie Rodriguez of Boise cabinets About Kasey Jensen of Boise cabinets “ I would like to take the time to recognize Kasey Jensen of the cabinet department. Kasey joined our team shortly after our fireplace department shut down. I am not positive on the knowledge or experience that Kasey had about anything to do with cabinets before joining us, but his skill set of being organized and very thorough on top of his work ethic
WOW Submitted by Tom Mosgrove of Boise store About the Caldwell gutter crew
“ Just wanted to send out a high five for Caldwell’s gutter crew. We had the old drip chains hanging from our gutters and they were constantly getting clogged, so I got ahold of Jeff Keeney and Brent Zollman in Caldwell to have them replace the chains with regular downspouts. The crew just left the house and I gotta say … WOW! They matched the color exactly and did an exceptional job of installing them on the house. My wife is super happy with the results. So … to Brent, Jeff, Todd, and the whole install crew, NICE JOB!”
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