Ola Snow

With more than 20 years of experience at Cardinal Health, Snow serves at the company’s chief human resources officer. She is charged with creating a culture where talented and passionate people are eager to join, deliver results and thrive in a workplace that is mission-driven. With a track record of proven success navigating the intersection of business outcomes and human capital strategies, Snow continues to challenge the status quo to protect, maintain and enhance company culture.

Passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion, Snow and her team work tirelessly to make Cardinal Health an environment where employees can bring 100% of themselves to work each day and thrive. Empowering high-performing teams to develop solutions that reduce barriers that prevent our employees from thriving, create clear paths for personal and professional development as well as help them make a difference in improving the lives of patients every day.

Prior to her current role, Snow was the chief diversity officer at Cardinal Health and led Talent Management, Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Diversity and Inclusion and the Corporate HR Business Partners. Her team defined needs within the business and implemented solutions to drive results, talent strategy and culture for employees across the globe.

During her tenure at the company, she has led more than 25 merger and acquisition opportunities within the HR function. Prior to joining Cardinal Health in 2001, Snow served as regional director at TeleSpectrum Worldwide Inc., where she led the HR function for the East region. She earned her bachelor’s degree in management, with an emphasis on human resource management, from University of Alabama.

Snow acts as co-executive sponsor for the company’s DE&I Council and an advisor for the company’s Black and African American Racial Equity Cabinet, two internal groups charged with challenging the status quo and ultimately helping to advance DE&I within the organization. She also serves as a board member of the Cardinal Health Foundation. Snow’s passion for DE&I and her strong leadership skills have been recognized by several organizations including Top 50 HR, Columbus Business First, the National Diversity Council, and the YWCA Columbus as a 2024 Women of Achievement honoree.

In the community, Snow is actively engaged in numerous boards, commissions and councils including Flying Horse Farms, The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business Corporate Advisory Council, and the Baxter Credit Union. She is an active member of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Circle, chaired the 2022 Columbus Go Red campaign and currently sits on the Go Red for Women National Council.