John Pershing
Chief Human Resources Officer
John Pershing is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Barnes & Noble.
Mr. Pershing joined Barnes & Noble in October 2024. Having leadership of all Human Resources teams across the company.
Prior to joining the company Mr. Pershing was the Executive Vice President – Chief Human Resources Officer at the Canadian Tire Corporation where for four years and with strong CEO, Board and Peer partnership, John led the development of the People and Culture Strategy.
Mr. Pershing spent eight years at Ascena Retail Group partnering with the CEO and Board of Directors where he developed the Enterprise Human Capital/People Strategy.
At Best Buy, Mr. Pershing rose from a line-level employee to the Executive Vice President of Human Capital where he was able to use years of firsthand customer experience to shape and execute company business strategies and a global human capital strategy for 150,000 employees.
Mr. Pershing holds a Bachelor of Science, Architectural Studies.