Barnes & Noble Education Announces Strategic Partnership with Billie Jean King Enterprises
February 08 2022 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Partnership to Enhance Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion Initiatives Across BNED
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE: BNED), a
leading solutions provider for the education industry, today
announced a strategic partnership with Billie Jean King Enterprises
(BJKE), a women-owned and women-led advisory and consulting firm
founded by sports icon and social justice champion Billie Jean
King. BNED’s alliance with BJKE will enhance its Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives and programming.
Few commitments today are more important for organizations than
DEI. Through this partnership, BNED and BJKE will develop a
comprehensive strategic plan designed to support and enhance BNED’s
DEI initiatives across all aspects of its business. These
initiatives will include attracting and developing talent,
training, employee engagement and communications, and DEI-focused
programming, signaling a commitment to its employees that their
unique perspectives, backgrounds and ideas are embraced in the
Company culture and that BNED is committed to developing a
workforce that reflects the communities it serves. The partnership
also demonstrates BNED’s commitment to ensuring its values and
business practices are aligned with those of its partner
institutions, business alliances, students and customers. In
addition, BNED and BJKE are currently working to develop
programming to commemorate and celebrate the 50-year anniversary of
Title IX.
“We are excited to announce this partnership with Billie Jean
King Enterprises, and are committed to making this an important and
very special collaboration. Our alliance with BJKE will advance
BNED’s DEI initiatives and programming for the benefit of the
employees, partner schools, students and faculty we serve,” said
Michael P. Huseby, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of BNED.
“We look forward to closely collaborating with the BJKE team as we
develop programs to support BNED’s ongoing DEI efforts, and to
launch new initiatives that will emphasize respect, tolerance and
equity and embrace diversity within our culture and daily business
practices.”
“Our team focuses on work and partnerships to further realize
Billie Jean’s vision to advance equity and inclusion. Education is
the foundation to creating long-term and sustainable change, and we
are excited to work closely with the Barnes and Noble Education
team to enhance their ongoing DEI initiatives and programming,”
said Ilana Kloss, CEO of Billie Jean King Enterprises.
ABOUT BILLIE JEAN KING ENTERPRISES
Billie Jean King Enterprises is a women-owned and women-led
investment, consulting and marketing firm that puts Billie Jean
King’s philosophy and brand value to work, capitalizing on her
long-standing advocacy for equality. BJK Enterprises offers a
data-driven, people-centered and long-term approach to effectively
promote sustainable change within companies through culture and
organizational assessments, talent and new market access
development, leadership and development training, business
development and stakeholder mapping. For more information, visit
https://www.billiejeanking.com/bjk-enterprises/.
ABOUT BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION, INC.
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE: BNED) is a leading
solutions provider for the education industry, driving
affordability, access and achievement at hundreds of academic
institutions nationwide and ensuring millions of students are
equipped for success in the classroom and beyond. Through its
family of brands, BNED offers campus retail services and academic
solutions, a digital direct-to-student learning ecosystem,
unparalleled best-in-class assortment of school apparel through a
strategic alliance with Fanatics and Lids, wholesale capabilities
and more. BNED is a company serving all who work to elevate their
lives through education, supporting students, faculty and
institutions as they make tomorrow a better, more inclusive and
smarter world. For more information, visit www.bned.com.
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Communications and Public Affairs Barnes & Noble Education,
Inc. (908) 991-2967 cbrown@bned.com
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