The Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs (ADGAP)—a sister organization of the AGS—is committed to advancing academic geriatrics programs and supporting academic geriatrics program directors to benefit and aid patient care, research, and teaching programs in geriatric medicine within accredited medical schools located in the U.S. ADGAP has built and fostered new methods of facilitating the development of leadership skills among academic geriatricians and has provided an ongoing forum for Program Directors and leaders in academic geriatrics to discuss the wide variety of issues that they encounter.