Apple General Counsel Kate Adams and Environment Chief Lisa Jackson Retiring in 2026

Two senior Apple executives are leaving the company, Apple announced today. Apple’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel Kate Adams and Lisa Jackson, Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, are both retiring in 2026.

Adams will be replaced with Jennifer Newstead, who will join Apple as a senior vice president on January 1, and will become Apple’s general counsel on March 1, 2026. Newstead is currently Meta’s chief legal officer, and she was previously the Legal Adviser to the…