Jaclyn McQuaid
Class of 2022-2023
SVP, Vehicle Products, General Motors
Raised with three sisters by Chaldean parents in Farmington, Michigan, Jaclyn earned degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan before joining General Motors in 1999. Over the next two decades, she shaped GM’s truck portfolio as Executive Chief Engineer of Full-Size Trucks. In 2022, Jaclyn was promoted to President and Managing Director of GM Europe, leading the business from Zurich, before returning to Detroit to run Buick and GMC. Today she leads Vehicle Products, responsible for how every GM vehicle is defined, developed, and delivered.