Following the recent retirement of former COO Jeff Williams , AI chief John Giannandrea stepping down , and the departure of head of design Alan Dye for Meta , Apple announced Thursday that environmental and policy lead Lisa Jackson is retiring and that Jennifer Newstead will replace Kate Adams as the company’s general counsel after Adams retires “late next year.” Jackson, technically “vice president for Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives,” will retire in “late January 2026,” Apple