# Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. > Alpha governed public record. Unknown, unavailable, and unpublished values are never inferred as zero. ## Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Representation | alpha-profile-markdown-v4 | | Protocol | Alpha Governance Facts Protocol 0.1 | | Schema | alpha.governance.entity.public.v1 | | Record version | public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | Governance record representation | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Canonical entity | alpha:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6 | | Entity type | Company | | Canonical URL | https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc | | Publication | PUBLISHED | | Verification | source_reported | | Verification schema | alpha-verification-states-v1 | | Ownership | unclaimed | | Published claims | 17 | | Claims under review | 1 | | Evidence records | 5 | | Conflicts | 0 | | Conflicts in internal review | 0 | | Observed | 2026-10-23T04:46:53.770988+00:00 | | Last reviewed | 2026-10-23T04:46:53.770988+00:00 | ## Identity - Legal name: Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. - Display name: Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. ## Alpha Governance Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Governance Record schema | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Ontology | alpha-governance-ontology-v1 | | Record version | public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | As of | 2026-10-23T21:19:42.809481+00:00 | | Completeness | 0.409 | | Record Quality | 0.827 | | Directors | 6 | | Committees | 1 | | Governance events | 6 | | Entity class | public_company | ## Section coverage | Section | State | | --- | --- | | identity | PUBLISHED | | corporate_structure | NOT_REVIEWED | | board | PUBLISHED | | committees | PUBLISHED | | leadership | PUBLISHED | | ownership | NOT_REVIEWED | | financials | NOT_REVIEWED | | capital_structure | PUBLISHED | | compensation | NOT_REVIEWED | | governance | NOT_REVIEWED | | shareholder_governance | NOT_REVIEWED | | audit | NOT_REVIEWED | | legal | NOT_REVIEWED | | risk | NOT_REVIEWED | | cyber | NOT_REVIEWED | | ai_governance | NOT_REVIEWED | | agent_governance | RESTRICTED | | markets_external | NOT_REVIEWED | | events | PUBLISHED | | relationships | PUBLISHED | | assessments | PUBLISHED | | evidence | PUBLISHED | ## Board - Denise Warren: Director. Status: current. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: 2022-01-01. Committees: Total Compensation Committee (member). claim_id=alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:6 - Emily S. Hoffman: Director. Status: current. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: 2024-01-01. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:7 - Eric B. Singer: Director. Status: current. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: 2024-01-01. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:8 - Kathryn Eberle Walker: Director. Status: current. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: 2022-01-01. Committees: Total Compensation Committee (member). claim_id=alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:9 - Sean Vijay Madnani: Director. Status: current. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: 2024-01-01. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:10 - William C. Martin: Chairman of the Board. Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:5 ## Committees - Total Compensation Committee (compensation). Chair: NOT_PUBLISHED. Members: Denise Warren (member, current); Kathryn Eberle Walker (member, current). committee_id=alpha:committee:barnes-noble-education-inc:total-compensation-committee ## Executive leadership - Gary Luster: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer [CAO]. Status: current. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:12 - Christopher Neumann: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary [GC]. Status: unknown. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:11 - Jason Snagusky: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer [CFO]. Status: unknown. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:13 - Jonathan Shar: Chief Executive Officer [CEO]. Status: unknown. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:14 ## Governance events - EXECUTIVE_APPOINTED: Gary Luster executive of Barnes & Noble Education, Inc., effective 2025-12-23. Effective: 2025-12-23. Detected: 2026-10-23T04:46:53.770988+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:dmv5bxolomsz - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Emily S. Hoffman seat on Barnes & Noble Education, Inc., effective 2024-01-01. Effective: 2024-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-23T04:46:53.770988+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:147o3qlxs2zrh - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Eric B. Singer seat on Barnes & Noble Education, Inc., effective 2024-01-01. Effective: 2024-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-23T04:46:53.770988+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:1efr0psucr1se - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Sean Vijay Madnani seat on Barnes & Noble Education, Inc., effective 2024-01-01. Effective: 2024-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-23T04:46:53.770988+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:141mf2h5nfemf - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Denise Warren seat on Barnes & Noble Education, Inc., effective 2022-01-01. Effective: 2022-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-23T04:46:53.770988+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:15e9g68gkmlfi - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Kathryn Eberle Walker seat on Barnes & Noble Education, Inc., effective 2022-01-01. Effective: 2022-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-23T04:46:53.770988+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:y765rl140nra5 ## Scoped resources - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/identity` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=identity - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/corporate-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=corporate-structure - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/board` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=board - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/committees` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=committees - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/leadership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=leadership - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/ownership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=ownership - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/financials` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=financials - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/capital-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=capital-structure - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/compensation` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=compensation - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=governance - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/shareholder-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=shareholder-governance - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/audit` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=audit - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/legal` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=legal - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/risk` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=risk - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/cyber` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=cyber - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/ai-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=ai-governance - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/agents` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=agents - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/ecosystem` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=ecosystem - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/events` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=events - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/relationships` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=relationships - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/assessments` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=assessments - `alpha://company/barnes-noble-education-inc/evidence` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record§ion=evidence ## Role modules - NOT_ASSERTED ## Attention - NO_RECORDS_FOUND ## Committee data - Claim alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:committee_appointment:16: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Total Compensation Committee","category":"compensation","role":"member","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:denise-warren-bned","name":"Denise Warren"},"source_id":"governance_people_committees"}` - Claim alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:committee_appointment:17: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Total Compensation Committee","category":"compensation","role":"member","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:kathryn-eberle-walker-bned","name":"Kathryn Eberle Walker"},"source_id":"governance_people_committees"}` ## Leadership - William C. Martin: Chairman of the Board. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:5. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:29baa2b23386d027b6f4bce5a2c6d7508ed29ab05b1f2f9b675160dccf591c01. - Denise Warren: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:6. Valid from: 2022-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:5ad9869bea5f686351d94ff0d95e9d9ed45fa3251a982d2b633878d4ff1ab368. - Emily S. Hoffman: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:7. Valid from: 2024-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:5ad9869bea5f686351d94ff0d95e9d9ed45fa3251a982d2b633878d4ff1ab368. - Eric B. Singer: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:8. Valid from: 2024-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:5ad9869bea5f686351d94ff0d95e9d9ed45fa3251a982d2b633878d4ff1ab368. - Kathryn Eberle Walker: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:9. Valid from: 2022-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:5ad9869bea5f686351d94ff0d95e9d9ed45fa3251a982d2b633878d4ff1ab368. - Sean Vijay Madnani: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:10. Valid from: 2024-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:5ad9869bea5f686351d94ff0d95e9d9ed45fa3251a982d2b633878d4ff1ab368. - Christopher Neumann: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:11. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:29baa2b23386d027b6f4bce5a2c6d7508ed29ab05b1f2f9b675160dccf591c01. - Gary Luster: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:12. Valid from: 2025-12-23. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:a04c035778d4a5d4bc72e23d762b67949d7dbd3414cb7d9b42ec783a0335b942. - Jason Snagusky: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:13. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:29baa2b23386d027b6f4bce5a2c6d7508ed29ab05b1f2f9b675160dccf591c01. - Jonathan Shar: Chief Executive Officer. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:leadership_role:14. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:29baa2b23386d027b6f4bce5a2c6d7508ed29ab05b1f2f9b675160dccf591c01. ## Roles - PUBLISHED ## Governance - NOT_ASSERTED ## Board committees - Total Compensation Committee: Chair not stated; Members Denise Warren; Kathryn Eberle Walker. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:committee_record:15. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:db094ba82b48406d6724c5b2426f0049860c7e9ab78fbc1eaad1dc9bde5ff4c6. ## Financials - NOT_ASSERTED ## Workforce - NOT_ASSERTED ## Market and index context - PUBLISHED ## Legal Name - Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:legal_name:1. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:6ed41dc2d400970875410b04dae1aac9d34fe3c96560090d0196512e3dcd2641. ## Entity Status - Public listing published. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:entity_status:3. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:6ed41dc2d400970875410b04dae1aac9d34fe3c96560090d0196512e3dcd2641. ## Published Fact - US. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:published_fact:4. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:6ed41dc2d400970875410b04dae1aac9d34fe3c96560090d0196512e3dcd2641. ## Committee Appointment - Denise Warren: member, Total Compensation Committee. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:committee_appointment:16. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:db094ba82b48406d6724c5b2426f0049860c7e9ab78fbc1eaad1dc9bde5ff4c6. - Kathryn Eberle Walker: member, Total Compensation Committee. Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:committee_appointment:17. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:db094ba82b48406d6724c5b2426f0049860c7e9ab78fbc1eaad1dc9bde5ff4c6. ## Security Listing - BNED (NYSE). Claim: alpha:claim:company:d58f1dc0-e4c5-4e7b-9842-d5c20f8249b6:security_listing:18. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:6ed41dc2d400970875410b04dae1aac9d34fe3c96560090d0196512e3dcd2641. ## Coverage states | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Identity | PUBLISHED | | Business | PUBLISHED | | Leadership | PUBLISHED | | Board and committees | PUBLISHED | | Governance | NOT_ASSERTED | | Financials | NOT_ASSERTED | | Workforce | NOT_ASSERTED | | Ownership | NOT_ASSERTED | | Ratings | NOT_PUBLISHED | | Market and index context | PUBLISHED | ## Public sources - alpha:projection-evidence:6ed41dc2d400970875410b04dae1aac9d34fe3c96560090d0196512e3dcd2641: [Alpha canonical company public projection](https://www.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:29baa2b23386d027b6f4bce5a2c6d7508ed29ab05b1f2f9b675160dccf591c01: [SEC DEF 14A 0001140361-26-032503](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000114036126032503/ny20076104x1_def14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:5ad9869bea5f686351d94ff0d95e9d9ed45fa3251a982d2b633878d4ff1ab368: [DEF 14A ny20076104x1_def14a.htm](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000114036126032503/ny20076104x1_def14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:a04c035778d4a5d4bc72e23d762b67949d7dbd3414cb7d9b42ec783a0335b942: [BNED 10-K executive officers](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000163411725000038/bned-20250503.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:db094ba82b48406d6724c5b2426f0049860c7e9ab78fbc1eaad1dc9bde5ff4c6: [Total Compensation Committee](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1634117/000114036126032503/ny20076104x1_def14a.htm). ## Rights | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | public_retrieval | allowed | | agent_retrieval | allowed | | redistribution | not_granted | | model_training | not_granted | | commercial_use | not_specified | | relationship_pathfinding | not_granted | | direct_contact | not_granted | ## Limitations - Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist. - Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included. - Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist. - Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights. - This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating. ## Alternate representations - [Canonical profile](https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc) - [Public Markdown](https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc.md) - [Public JSON](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=record) - [JSON-LD](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/barnes-noble-education-inc?format=jsonld) - MCP resource: `alpha://companies/barnes-noble-education-inc` at https://mcp.alpha.ac/mcp ## Connected governance records Only explicitly published, rights-cleared records. Missing records do not establish absence, safety, or complete coverage. ## Critical-risk oversight Snapshot as of 2026-10-23T21:19:42.565489+00:00; recorded 2026-10-23T21:19:42.565489+00:00. Every published assignment for this snapshot is listed. Only explicitly reviewed, rights-cleared assignments in effect on the as-of date, in the company's own wording. An assignment shows where oversight is placed, not whether it is effective. Missing records do not establish absence.