Company & History

Trope Group has provided workplace business solutions and services to the North Bay communities of Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Solano, Mendocino, and Lake counties for more than 18 years. Trope Group represents some of the most innovative manufacturers of open plan and conventional furniture in the North Bay.

We’re the most qualified resource in the North Bay for Office, Healthcare, and Education environments. Lead by co-owners Christina Pratt and Charlie Nicholls, our team is made up of 19 full-time, creative and experienced project planners, designers and installers who have a passion for what they do and care about the success of your project. We provide well designed, quality projects that represent great long term value.

Trope Group’s warehouse facilities are specifically designed to accommodate your assets and inventory. We provide short-term product storage for pending installation and long-term storage of excess inventory. Products are protected from dirt, dust, and damage in a climate-controlled environment.

Our range of services includes professional consulting, space planning & design, certified installation and asset management. We offer one point of contact for your workplace solutions. Let us put our experience, services, and products to work for you.

In January of 2000, the Tropes sold BB&T to OP Contract of San Francisco, and retired to the home they built in the Virgin Islands. Many of their employees continued on under the new ownership.

However, Bettie’s retirement was short lived. On Friday, the 13th of September 2002, the new owners went out of business. The next day, Bettie flew back to Santa Rosa and gathered together a new leadership team with BB&T employees Christina Pratt, Charlie Nicholls and Candy Patocka. A new business was formed, appropriately named Trope Group.

A month later, the doors of the Santa Rosa showroom and warehouse were open for business again and Trope Group began the process of purchasing the assets of the former company.

The initial team of twelve employees was eager to reunite their 200+ years of combined industry experience to carry on the tradition of providing quality Herman Miller product and contract facilities management for their North Bay customers.

Bettie retired again in 2006 after helping to create a sustainable business with a qualified, experienced leadership team in place.

In the spring of 2011, Candy retired after 25 years of successfully managing projects for many North Bay clients including the County of Sonoma, PG&E and Exchange Bank. Candy cared a great deal about the quality of our work and instilled that value through the entire organization. She is now working on her golf game and volunteering in the community.