Nebraska Book Holdings, Inc. welcomed industry veteran Jay Amond as chief financial officer (CFO). Amond is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of accounting and finance experience, including almost nine years as senior vice president and chief financial officer with Follett Higher Education Group, Inc., where he was responsible for all accounting and reporting functions as well as budgeting and forecasting, strategic planning, inventory control and internal control and compliance. In addition, Amond spent many years in the retail sector in various financial executive roles. Amond’s specialties include business development, process improvement and talent optimization.