Sona Chawla

Sona Chawla, Chief Growth and Innovation Officer, CDW Corporation

Ms. Chawla has served as the Chief Growth and Innovation Officer at CDW Corporation, a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare customers, since January 2020. She is responsible for strategy and corporate development, digital and e-commerce, technology, information security, marketing, and product and partner management. Prior to joining CDW, she was President of Kohl’s Corporation from May 2018 to October 2019. Ms. Chawla joined Kohl’s in November 2015, serving as Chief Operating Officer until September 2017 and as President-Elect from September 2017 to May 2018. At Kohl’s, her responsibilities encompassed omnichannel operations, including stores, e-commerce, technology, information security, logistics & supply chain, and corporate strategy. Before joining Kohl’s, Ms. Chawla served at Walgreens as its President of Digital and Chief Marketing Officer from February 2014 to November 2015 and as its President, E-commerce from January 2011 to February 2014. Prior to joining Walgreens, Ms. Chawla was Vice President of Global Online Business at Dell, Inc. Before Dell, Ms. Chawla worked at Wells Fargo’s Internet Services Group, where she held several roles, including Executive Vice President of Online Sales, Service and Marketing. Ms. Chawla holds a CERT certification in Cybersecurity Oversight from the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University.