Barnes & Noble Education Appoints Emily C. Chiu to Board of Directors
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE: BNED) , a leading provider of educational products and services
solutions for higher education and K-12, today announced the appointment of Emily C. Chiu to its Board of Directors, effective June
19, 2018. With Ms. Chiu’s appointment, the Barnes & Noble Education Board will expand to seven directors, six of whom will be
independent.
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Ms. Chiu has more than a decade of leadership experience with significant technology and education expertise. She currently
serves as a Principal at Square, Inc., a provider of commerce tools that help businesses start, run, and grow from payments to
point-of-sale to financing. Ms. Chiu currently oversees Square’s corporate development strategy and M&A activity across its SMB
(Seller), direct-to-consumer (Cash App), and developer platform businesses. She also serves on the Board of Governors of the Center
for Creative Leadership, a provider of executive education focused on leadership development.
“We are pleased to welcome Emily to the Barnes & Noble Education Board,” said Michael P. Huseby, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, Barnes & Noble Education. “Emily’s strong executive management and leadership experience in both education
and technology make her a strong addition to our Board. She also brings significant expertise in overseeing nimble startup
organizations with a focus on digital. We are confident that we will benefit from her fresh insights and contributions as we
continue to build our holistic ecosystem of content, products and services and deliver value for our shareholders.”
“I am excited to join the Board of Barnes & Noble Education and eager to leverage my broad experience in education and
technology to help further the Company’s inspiring mission and continued transformation,” said Ms. Chiu. “With its strong legacy of
serving colleges, universities and students, and full-suite of innovative solutions, Barnes & Noble Education is in an
excellent position to succeed as a leading partner to institutions, students and faculty. I’ve seen first-hand the transformative
impact that a quality education can have, and I look forward to working closely with the Board and management team to drive
continued growth, value creation, and positive student outcomes.”
About Emily C. Chiu
Ms. Chiu currently serves as Principal at Square, Inc. and is responsible for Square’s corporate development strategy and
M&A activity across its SMB (Seller), direct-to-consumer (Cash App), and developer platform businesses. From July 2015 to July
2017, Ms. Chiu was a Partner and Head of Corporate Development at 500 Startups, LLC, a global startup accelerator and venture
capital firm. In this role, Ms. Chiu oversaw venture capital investments in the education technology space and founded 500
Startups’ M&A advisory practice. Previously, Ms. Chiu was a founding team member and Vice President at UniversityNow, Inc., an
education technology startup whose mission is to make higher education affordable and accessible to all students through its
personalized learning platform and accredited universities. Prior to that, she served as the Head of Operations at TEDx San
Francisco, was a private equity investor at GI Partners, a global investment firm, and served in various positions across the
technology and healthcare investment banking groups at Goldman Sachs. Ms. Chiu is a graduate of The Wharton School of Business and
the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Wharton Research Scholar and member of The
Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business.
ABOUT BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION, INC.
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE: BNED) is a leading provider of higher education and K-12 educational products
and solutions. Through its Barnes & Noble College and MBS Textbook Exchange segments, Barnes & Noble Education operates
1,444 physical and virtual bookstores across the U.S., serving more than 6 million students and faculty. Through its Digital
Student Solutions segment, the Company offers a suite of digital software, content and services including direct-to-student study
tools, serving approximately 100,000 subscribers in more than 15 different countries and receiving more than 20 million unique
monthly visitors to its sites. The Company also operates one of the largest textbook wholesale distribution channels in the United
States. For more information please visit www.bned.com.
BNED companies include: Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC, MBS Textbook Exchange, LLC, BNED LoudCloud, LLC, Student Brands, LLC, and Promoversity, LLC. General information on Barnes & Noble Education may be obtained by visiting the Company's
corporate website: www.bned.com.
Media:
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.
Carolyn J. Brown, (908) 991-2967
Vice President
Corporate Communications
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Investor:
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.
Thomas Donohue, (908) 991-2966
Vice President
Treasurer and Investor Relations
tdonohue@bned.com
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