Background
Newton grew a mortgage business and started Figco, Incorporated., her own communications firm. She is the founder of Citizens Supporting a Strong Taylorsville, and was the first director of communications for Taylorsville City. Newton served as vice-chair for the Taylorsville Economic Development committee, the public-relations and advertising director of the Taylorsville Incorporation Committee, eight years as a planning commissioner, and five years on the Granite School District Community Council.
She graduated from Taylorsville High School, Ricks College and the University of Utah, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications.
Newton and her husband, Matt, have been married for over 20 years and have four children.
Her father Kent Winder is a Granger-Hunter Improvement District trustee and was elected to Taylorsville"s first City Council. Mother Sherri Winder worked for Utah Governor Jon Huntsman and was United States. Republican
Jason Chaffetz"s office manager in West Jordan. And younger brother Mike Winder was mayor of West Valley City.
In 2011, her mother Sherri died in an automobile accident near Saint George, Utah.
In 2014, her youngest brother Isaac Winder died of an illness while living in Changchun, China.
