---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001788882-22-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROOT"
cik: "0001788882"
company_name: "Root, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T03:09:38.752915+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Root, Inc. elects Beth Birnbaum to Board of Directors effective March 1, 2022

## Summary
- Beth Birnbaum, former COO of PlayFab, joins as a Class I director with term expiring at 2024 Annual Meeting.
- She will serve on the Compensation Committee.
- Ms. Birnbaum will receive compensation under the standard non-employee director policy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001788882-22-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROOT
- cik: 0001788882
- company_name: Root, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000178888222000012/0001788882-22-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000178888222000012/root-20220228.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001788882-22-000012
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001788882-22-000012.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001788882-22-000012.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Beth Birnbaum was elected as Class I Director at Root, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: On February 28, 2022, the Board of Directors of Root, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Beth Birnbaum, former Chief Operating Officer at PlayFab, to join the Board of Directors as a Class I director with a term expiring at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting, effective March 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000178888222000012/0001788882-22-000012-index.htm

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