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SAGE: (Advocacy and Services for LGBT Elders)

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https://www.sageusa.org/team/leadership/michael-adams/

Michael Adams is the Chief Executive Officer of SAGE (Advocacy and Services for LGBT Elders), the world’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older people. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in New York City, SAGE is a national organization that offers supportive services and consumer resources to LGBT older people and their caregivers; advocates for public policy changes that address the needs of LGBT elders; provides education and technical assistance for aging providers and LGBT community organizations through its National Resource Center on LGBT Aging; and offers cultural competency training through SAGECare. With staff located across the country, SAGE also coordinates SAGENet, a growing network of affiliates across the United States.

Prior to joining SAGE, Adams was the Director of Education and Public Affairs for Lambda Legal. Prior to that, he spent a decade leading cutting edge litigation that established new rights for LGBT people, first as Associate Director of the ACLU’s LGBT Project, and then as Deputy Legal Director at Lambda Legal.

A graduate of Stanford Law School and Harvard College, Adams has authored numerous publications on an array of LGBT issues. He has taught law school courses on sexual orientation and gender identity and has served on advisory councils for AARP, Fortune 500 companies, leading universities, and the New York City Department for the Aging among others. Adams is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Society on Aging.

For assistance in contacting Michael Adams, please email Sarita Rosa, Executive Assistant to the CEO, at srosa@sageusa.org.

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this image of Adams with, then NYC Councilmember Ritchie Torres, and NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer