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Dana White

2020 Speaker
Dana White

DANA W. WHITE is the chief communications officer of Hyundai Motor North America. She most recently led a consulting firm, where she was an advisor to CEOs of Global Fortune 500 companies, U.S. senators, governors, and senior U.S. military officers. White also served as the assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and the Chief Pentagon spokesperson for the Department of Defense and Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis. Additionally, she was the director of policy and strategic communications for the Renault-Nissan Alliance in Paris, France, a professional staff member on the Armed Services Committee of the United States Senate, and an editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal based in Hong Kong. White graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in East Asian Languages & Civilizations. She also studied at Capital University of economics and business in Beijing, China and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea. @hyundai