Adele is a principal and co-founder of AdWorkshop, both the first advertising agency and now the first employee-owned company in Lake Placid. With an intimate knowledge of the economic landscape of Northern NY, Adele has managed integrated campaigns through the I Love NY program for the Adirondack region and the 1000 Islands and has done cooperative programs with a number of economic development agencies in the same regions. She has served on numerous boards over the years, including as Co-chair, Adirondack Foundation (formerly ACT); as executive and advisory board member, LPCA; and as an executive board member, Adirondack Medical Center Foundation.