Lisa Jackson, senior vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives at Apple Inc., speaks during the TechCrunch Disrupt 2017 in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. <\/p>\n
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Apple’s<\/a> general counsel, Kate Adams, and its vice president for environment, policy, and social initiatives, Lisa Jackson, are retiring from the company, the iPhone maker announced on Thursday<\/a>. <\/p>\n Jennifer Newstead, Meta’s<\/a> chief legal officer, will become Apple’s new general counsel in March, and Jackson’s government affairs staff will report to her, Apple said. <\/p>\n The two executives reported to Apple CEO Tim Cook and are the latest members of senior leadership to exit the company. In recent weeks, Apple’s head software designer said<\/a> he was leaving to go to Meta, while Apple said its AI chief was retiring<\/a>, along with its chief operating officer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Adams joined Apple and became general counsel in 2017, and oversaw legal matters including litigation, global security, and the company’s privacy initiatives. Under Adams, Apple grappled with rising antitrust scrutiny and regulation around the world, including major lawsuits in the U.S. over the iPhone App Store’s restrictions and fees. <\/p>\n Jackson joined Apple in 2013, and led the company’s diversity programs as well as much of its policy work in Washington, D.C. Before that, she spent four years as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a position she was appointed to by President Barack Obama<\/a>. <\/p>\n With her emphasis in areas like social justice and renewable energies, Jackson’s job lost relevance during the second Trump administration, which has publicly denounced diversity, equity and inclusion programs and slammed efforts to combat climate change. <\/p>\n Apple has faced increased tariffs from the Trump administration, and Cook has met with President Trump several times to tout the company’s American manufacturing plans in an effort to limit policy changes that could hurt the company. <\/p>\n