Robert Gessner, president of MCTV (formerly Massillon Cable TV), was elected chairman of the American Cable Association, and Patty Boyers, vice president of BOYCOM, was elected ACA vice chairwoman, each to two-year terms, by a vote of the ACA Membership announced at the Independent Show.

Gessner, ACA's vice chairman since 2012, succeeds Colleen Abdoulah, who is chairwoman of WOW! and who became ACA's Chairwoman in 2011. Boyers has served as a board member of ACA prior to her election as vice chairwoman. MCTV is based in Massillon, OH, and BOYCOM is headquartered in Poplar Bluff, MO.