Barnes & Noble has appointed Ann-Marie Campbell, president, Southern division, The Home Depot; and Paul B. Guenther, former president of PaineWebber Group, Inc., as new independent board directors.
Campbell has worked for The Home Depot for 30 years, rising from associate, to district manager, prior to assuming v-p and president roles for multiple store operations. Guenther is a director of Guardian Life Insurance and chairman of Community & Southern Holdings, based in Atlanta. Guenther served for 13 years as chairman of the New York Philharmonic and of Fordham University, where he is still a board member.
As a part of the planned separation of B&N's college business from its retail and Nook businesses, B&N anticipates that one or more current members of the board will resign and join the board of directors of Barnes & Noble Education. B&N said that further details on those resignations are appointments are forthcoming.
