BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Vice President
• Vice President / Corporate Finance and Investor Relations

Job Titles:

• Chief Communications Officer
• Media Contact
• Senior Vice President
• MEDIA INQUIRIES
• Senior Vice President Corporate Communications & Public Affairs

Carolyn J. Brown serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer. Ms. Brown leads Barnes & Noble Education's communications strategies, and is the Company's chief spokesperson and liaison to media outlets on key issues related to the Company. She also oversees the Company's public affairs initiatives. Prior to joining Barnes & Noble Education in 2015, Ms. Brown was with Barnes & Noble, Inc., since 2000 where she served as Vice President of Corporate Communications. She has also held positions at PaineWebber, Inc., and The Dilenschneider Group, a New York City public relations and strategic counseling firm. Ms. Brown received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Siena College.

Job Titles:

• Executive Vice President, Strategic Services and President, MBS Textbook Exchange

David Henderson serves as President, MBS Textbook Exchange. Mr. Henderson has been with MBS for more than 25 years, where he held various sales and marketing roles before being named President in 2017. Prior to joining MBS in 1993, Mr. Henderson served as Vice President of Sales at First Financial Management Corporation. He has also held management roles at Toy Distributors and Best Products, Inc. Mr. Henderson is a graduate of the University of Richmond.

Job Titles:

• Executive Vice President, Consumer Digital and President, Digital Student Solutions

David Nenke serves as President of Digital Student Solutions (DSS). In this role, he is responsible for the overall management and operations of the Company's direct-to-consumer DSS segment. This includes driving strategic growth and innovation for the Company's bartleby® suite of solutions, in addition to overseeing content strategy, marketing, technology, sales, operations, finance and product management within DSS. Previously, Mr. Nenke served as General Manager of Amazon Explore, where he led a global team in the development and launch of Amazon Explore, an interactive live streaming retail service. Prior to that, he served as General Manager of Amazon Cloud Drive and General Manager of Amazon Grocery, respectively. He also held the role of Director of Finance, Consumables, at Amazon, as well as senior level finance roles at Coles Group and Cable & Wireless Optus. Mr. Nenke received his bachelor's degree in business from Curtain University and earned his MBA from Sydney University.

Job Titles:

• Executive Vice President, BNED Retail and President, Barnes & Noble College

Jonathan Shar serves as Executive Vice President, BNED Retail and President, Barnes & Noble College. In this role, Mr. Shar has overall responsibility for the growth and profitability of the Company's Retail segment, including the development and implementation of client-focused solutions that deliver innovation and increased value to the higher education marketplace. As President, Barnes & Noble College, Mr. Shar has overall responsibility for the growth and profitability of Barnes & Noble College, providing strategic direction and operational leadership across the business, which manages physical campus bookstores and e-commerce sites nationwide. Mr. Shar also leads strategy and execution for merchandising, marketing and business development, serving the higher education and K-12 markets. Previously, Mr. Shar served as Senior Vice President, Revenue and Product Development for the Company. Prior to joining BNED in 2018, Mr. Shar was Chief Marketing Officer at Akademos, Inc., a disruptive and growing e-commerce and digital marketing company that provides online bookstore services. He previously was the General Manager of NOOK Digital Content at Barnes & Noble, Inc. where he oversaw business development, product development and marketing for the Global NOOK Newsstand, NOOK Video and NOOK Apps digital businesses. Prior to his nearly five years with NOOK, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager at CNNMoney, responsible for the CNNMoney website and mobile franchise. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Consumer Marketing at Sports Illustrated Group and Director of Consumer Marketing for FORTUNE Magazine Group. Mr. Shar received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University and has an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Job Titles:

• Founder

Job Titles:

• Chief Human Resources Officer
• Senior Vice President

Maureen Paradine serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. In this role, Ms. Paradine oversees the overall management and operations of BNED's human resources across the enterprise, including Barnes & Noble College, DSS and MBS. She is responsible for the talent, recruiting, diversity and inclusion, compensation, benefits, employee relations and all aspects of human resources for the Company. Ms Paradine has 30 years of human resources experience and more than 20 years experience in the retail industry. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., a U.S.-based floral and foods gift retailer and distribution company with several subsidiaries. Prior to that, Maureen spent four years as Vice President, Human Resources at The Hain Celestial Group and held a variety of human resources and development roles at Thomson Industries, Inc., Cooper & Dunham LLP and Klein Behavioral Science Consultants. Maureen has been a leader building out foundational processes and establishing strategic HR functions and partnerships around compensation, retention & rewards, employee engagement, performance management and succession planning. She earned a Master's in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts in Business from Hofstra University.

Job Titles:

• Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
• Executive Vice President, Corporate Development & Affairs, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary

Michael C. Miller serves as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development & Affairs, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary. In this role, Mr. Miller oversees all legal and compliance matters, including corporate, litigation, privacy, labor and employment matters and strategic transactions, as well as the Company's corporate strategy, corporate communications, public and government affairs program and initiatives. As Corporate Secretary, Mr. Miller is responsible for providing guidance to the company and its Board of Directors on corporate governance and Securities and Exchange Commission matters, including public disclosures. Prior to joining Barnes & Noble Education, Mr. Miller served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Monster Worldwide, parent company of global career management website Monster.com. He has also served in various senior legal capacities at Motorola and at Symbol Technologies, and was previously associated with Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP and Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts in New York earlier in his career. Michael earned his Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law, where he served as Associate Editor of the Hofstra Law Review, an MBA from Long Island University-C.W. Post, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of the Holy Cross.

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer
• Member of the Board of Directors

Michael P. Huseby serves as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Huseby served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company from August 2015 to June 2022. Previously, he served as Executive Chairman of Barnes & Noble Education from 2015 to 2022. Prior to joining the Company, he was a member of the board of directors of Barnes & Noble, Inc. from January 2014 and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble until August 2, 2015. Mr. Huseby was appointed Chief Executive Officer of NOOK Media LLC and President of Barnes & Noble in July 2013, and Chief Financial Officer of Barnes & Noble in March 2012. From 2004 to 2011, Mr. Huseby served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cablevision Systems Corporation, a leading telecommunications and media company, which was acquired by the Altice Group in June 2016. He served on the Cablevision Systems Corporation Board of Directors in 2000 and 2001. Prior to joining Cablevision, Mr. Huseby served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Charter Communications, Inc., a large cable operator in the United States. Mr. Huseby served on the Board of Directors of Charter Communications from May 2013 through May 2016. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Huseby served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, of AT&T Broadband, a provider of cable television services. Mr. Huseby also served on the Board of Directors of CommerceHub, Inc., a cloud-based e-commerce fulfillment and marketing software company, previously listed on Nasdaq, from July 2016 until May 2018 when it was acquired by financial sponsors. Mr. Huseby served on the Board of Directors of Whip Media Group, a private technology-based company engaged in transforming the global entertainment content licensing ecosystem, from October 2019 through June 2022. In addition, Mr. Huseby spent over 20 years at Arthur Andersen, LLP and Andersen Worldwide, S.C., where he held the position of Global Equity Partner.

Job Titles:

• Senior Vice President
• Senior Vice President, Retail Finance and Tax

Philip O'Reilly serves as Senior Vice President, Retail Finance and Tax. In this role he is responsible for overseeing the finances of the Company's Retail reporting segment, in addition to all aspects of the income, sales, use and other taxes to which the Company is subject. Mr. O'Reilly previously served as Senior Vice President, Taxes and Enterprise Risk Management. Prior to joining BNED in 2015, he was Vice President, Global Taxes for Barnes & Noble, Inc. since September 2013. He joined Barnes & Noble, Inc., after serving as the Global Head of Tax for MF Global Holdings Inc. for more than five years. Prior to that, Mr. O'Reilly was a partner in the New York office of McDermott, Will & Emery, LLP, where he advised clients on the tax aspects of a wide range of operational structuring, acquisitions, dispositions and reorganizations. Mr. O'Reilly received his bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, his law degree from the Fordham University School of Law and his masters in taxation from the New York University School of Law.

Job Titles:

• Chief Accounting Officer
• Senior Vice President

Seema Paul serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. In this role, Ms. Paul is responsible for preparing and reviewing the Company's SEC filings, including Forms 10-Q and Form 10-K. She also ensures that financial statements and disclosures are in accordance with US GAAP and in compliance with SEC accounting rules and regulations. She is a strategic leader with proven success in leading teams and resolving highly complex matters. Ms. Paul's recent background includes working as the Corporate Controller for Covanta Holding Corporation, as well as various senior financial roles with several major companies including Net2Phone, Sybase, Inc. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Ms. Paul is a CPA, and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, a Bachelor's Degree in Finance and a Master's Degree in Accounting Information Systems from the University of Maryland.

Job Titles:

• Chief Information Officer
• Senior Vice President

Stephen Culver serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and oversees the company's IT operations and strategic development. Prior to joining Barnes & Noble College in 2005, Stephen held leadership positions in both the private and public sectors. He owned and presided over an IT consulting company, which specialized in the retail and wholesale industries. As CIO of Giorgio Armani Corporation, he led the IT operations during the development and expansion of their North American operations.

Job Titles:

• Chief Financial Officer
• Executive Vice President

Thomas D. Donohue serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. In this role he is responsible for overseeing accounting, tax and enterprise risk management, and internal audit. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Investor Relations for the Company since 2015. Prior to joining Barnes & Noble Education, Mr. Donohue served as Treasurer of Barnes & Noble, Inc. since June 2012. Prior to joining Barnes & Noble, he spent 12 years at the Interpublic Group of Companies, a global provider of advertising and marketing services, where he served as Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, International. He graduated from Loyola University in Maryland and received his MBA from the University of Notre Dame.