I was able to get this to work by doing the following adjustment (adding string to the variable)
$RootFolder = '/Path/To/Folder'
$folders = Get-PnPFolderItem -FolderSiteRelativeUrl $RootFolder
foreach ($folder in $folders){
[string] $folderName = $folder.Name
$user = Get-PnPUser | Where Title -Like "*$folderName*"}
}