IRVINE, Calif. -

Captive finance company Hyundai Capital America (HCA), which does business as Hyundai Motor Finance and Kia Motors Finance, highlighted its recent diversity award winners.

HCA gathered accolades from two different outlets.

The company said Karen Moon, HCA's vice president of servicing was selected by the National Diversity Council and the California Diversity Council to receive a 2015 California Most Powerful and Influential Woman Award during the sixth annual California Diversity & Leadership Conference on June 4.

“This award means a lot to me personally because I truly believe I would not have gotten here without help from so many people both at work and home," said Moon, who oversees the customer service operations functions and is responsible for driving customer satisfaction at HCA.

Moon has been with HCA since 2009. Prior to moving to servicing, Moon led the corporate services department, which included the human resources, corporate culture and facilities and administration functions.

"The best thing about working at HCA is that I was able to grow my career significantly from an individual contributor to executive leadership role while raising two little kids, one with autism,” Moon said. “I am so thankful for the great support from everyone I work with at HCA."

Honors also went to HCA's legal department.

In May, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) presented the team with the 2015 ACC Southern California Chapter Diversity Award, designed to recognize a law department that has demonstrated both the commitment and ability to improve the diversity of the legal profession in Southern California.

"In addition to representing and promoting diversity within HCA, Legal team members also dedicate numerous hours to legal programs devoted to providing assistance to minorities, and participate in the community on social issues involving diversity," said Carol Moore, vice president of legal and compliance and general counsel for HCA.

With this award the department was able to grant $10,000 to the charity of its choice. The department chose to give to the Orange County Chapter of CASA — Court Appointed Special Advocates.

"In four and a half years, I've seen HCA grow from around 600 employees to over 1,700,” Moore said. "Diversity among the company's new hires has also grown, from around 45 percent in 2005 to 77 percent this year. About 43 percent of our leadership roles are held by minorities, and members of minority groups make up the majority of management at our operations centers.

“We are very proud of our company’s success in this area and proud to be recognized for the legal department's role in that success,” added Moore, who singled out Susan Myers, HCA's director of legal, for her efforts.