Dana White is probably better known for her 21 months at the Pentagon — serving as press secretary for the Department of Defense — than for her three years in Paris with the Renault Nissan Alliance.

But she returned to the auto industry this spring, filling a new chief communications officer role at Hyundai Motor North America.

The former speechwriter for Carlos Ghosn started with Hyundai in April, but the company didn't announce it and she didn't list it on her LinkedIn page until late last month, after she had relocated to the company's Fountain Valley, Calif., headquarters — or at least the vicinity.