March 6, 2024—Grant Spellmeyer, ACA Connects President and CEO, and Patty Jo Boyers, President/CEO & Co-Founder of BOYCOM Vision and Chair of ACA Connects, welcomed more than 200 ACA Connects Members to #Summit2024 this morning.
“We’re providing a really exciting week for our Members in Washington, D.C.,” said Spellmeyer. “The ACA Connects Summit is our premier advocacy event of the year. We’re engaging with top policymakers and leaders in to ensure we can continue to invest, innovate, and expand access to affordable broadband and video services for all Americans.”
“I cannot tell y’all how very proud I am to be here in our nation’s capital with y’all,” said Boyers addressing ACA Connects Members. “The Summit is our time. Now, roll up your sleeves and prepare to be enlightened, to be informed, and to be impressed. And then ultimately, you’ll be better equipped to go home and continue this good fight on your turf, where it really matters.”
The Summit is featuring a full slate of keynote speakers today, including FCC Commissioners Brendan Carr, Anna Gomez, and Geoffrey Starks, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson, Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and Communications Advisor and Pollster Frank Luntz.
About ACA Connects: America’s Communications Association –America’s Communications Association – ACA Connects is a trade organization representing more than 500 smaller and medium-sized, independent companies that provide broadband, video, and phone services covering 29.5 million households. ACA Connects Members operate in every state, providing advanced communications to connect homes, companies, main street, schools, hospitals and more. America’s economic prosperity in smaller communities and rural areas depends on the growth and success of ACA Connects Members, who believe a connected nation is a prosperous nation.