Adele Newton has developed and managed a range of programs and strategic international partnerships in the university, technology and not-for-profit sectors across Canada, within North America and in Africa, Europe and China.

Adele has served in a range of SIGGRAPH roles, including Registration Chair in 1984, Conference Co-Chair for SIGGRAPH 88, chair of the Site Selection Committee, member of the Executive Committee as Chair of the Conference Planning Committee and chair of the SIGGRAPH 2019 Business Symposium. She is currently Chair of the SIGGRAPH Communications Committee.

Adele is a graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo.