The Resurgence PPG Team

Meet the Board of Directors

Todd Scandrett
Founder and President

Todd is the Founder and President of Resurgence PPG.  He is a retired Army Major who was medically retired with a 100% disability rating after serving 18 years in the Army and Army Reserve.  The majority of Todd's career was focused within the training and training development arenas. The highlight of his career was his deployment  in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Todd served as a Military Transition Team Operations Adviser, supporting the Advise and Assist initiative with the Iraqi Army.  Post deployment found Todd serving as a mobilization training liaison officer at Ft. Dix, NJ and ultimately as a BN Executive Officer at Ft. Jackson, SC.
Todd was medically retired in 2013 due to illness and complications from his deployment in Iraq.
Todd's desires and passion for personal flight led him to discover powered paragliding.  As he researched the various means to enter the aviation sports, he found that there was very little in the way of adaptive sport programs that support our nations disabled, wounded, and ill service members through personal flight.  Todd made it his goal to provide an outlet that would provide access to the most affordable form of personal aviation to our nations heroes.
Todd currently lives in the Charlotte, NC area with his wife, two sons, their golden retriever, and a rabbit.

Mike Campagna
Board Member

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Mike Campagna has served as a police officer since 1992, and is currently a Major with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.  Major Campagna was born and raised in Charlotte, NC where he received his undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte before joining the CMPD.  During his career, Mike has had a variety of assignments including command level positions in Patrol, Training, Criminal Investigations, Vice / Gang, and Communications / 911.  While serving as part of the Command Staff at CMPD, Major Campagna received his Master's of Education degree in Training and Development from North Carolina State University.  Mike has received  a number of accolades over the last 25 years including awards for Excellence in Policing and Community Relations.  He was also recognized as a Charlottean of the Year by Charlotte Magazine for 2016 for his outstanding service to the community and the police departments during the riots that occurred in the wake of the police involved shooting of Keith Lamont Scott.  
 
In addition to his police service, Major Campagna served 8 years in the United States Marine Corps Reserved and was honorably discharged at the rank of Sergeant. 
 
Mike lives outside of Charlotte with his wife and two kids.   He is dedicated to his family, his community, and to those that he truly believes can benefit from what Resurgence PPG has to offer.  

Lou Long
Chairman of the Board

​Louis Long serves as Chairman of the Board for Resurgence PPG. He joins the Resurgence Team with extensive government and private sector experience. Lou retired from the Army after 30 years of service. He commanded at all levels, up through Brigade.  In his last job he was responsible for budgeting/financial management, training, operations, planning and organizational design for the largest Training Command in the Army Reserve, with over 8,000 personnel serving throughout the United States, Puerto Rice and multiple overseas locations. Lou served on multiple overseas deployments providing Advise and Assist capability in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Additionally, served three years in The Pentagon, serving as the Deputy Director of Reserve Component Training, Readiness and Mobilization, overseeing Active and Reserve Component integration, management of the Army’s $22B training budget and mobilization of all National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers supporting global operations.
Lou currently serves as a Sales Director with KFT Fire Trainer, LLC. Within this position, he maintains responsibility for global fire training sales for the US Department of Defense, as well as State and Municipal sales throughout the United States. This is accomplished through a team of internal and external sales associates serving around the world.  Prior to joining KFT, Lou had over 20 years of progressive sales and business development experience in multiple industries. Most notably wholesale distribution and pharmaceuticals.
Lou is also the President of Washington Lane Consulting, LLC. WLC provides a broad array of products and services including Exercise Development and Commercial Services. WLC was formed in 2014 and has assisted in several international military training exercises and is currently managing several properties for commercial customers.
Lou lives in the Charlotte, NC area with his wife of 25 years. They have two adult daughters.

Dennis Small
Board Member

Dennis served 24 years in the Army as a Field Artillery officer and Human Resource Officer.  Today he works with the Army’s wounded, ill and injured Soldiers helping them heal and transition either back to duty or on to productive civilian careers by providing complex medical management, adaptive reconditioning and career and education preparedness. 

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Brian Gleason
Vice President / Director of Operations

Brian has joined the Resurgence Team at a critical time of expansion and program development.  He is a current active duty Naval Officer and SEAL, with a distinguished career that has involved leadership and command positions within the special operations community.
Brian is a current PPG pilot that fully understands and encourages the therapeutic benefits of individual flight.  Brian will be an instrumental member of our team as he expands our reach to the west coast of the US and helps us engage a broader audience of both adaptive veterans and donor partners alike.

Chris Shaw
Board Member

Christopher Shaw began his investment career in London, working with Guy Butlers Brokerage in 1984. He then moved to Marshall’s Brokerage in 1985, also in London, where he eventually managed the Yen cash and derivatives desk.
Looking for new challenges, he moved to Japan in 1995 to manage a billion-dollar trading operation, where he increased the company’s market share over the next five years.
Christopher returned to the United Kingdom in 2000 to help build an investment group. He was asked to move to the United States in 2004 to help improve this arm of the firm and handled the global operation of the business’ investments. He eventually became Chief Operating Officer of the firm for the US.
In 2010, he joined Belmont Capital advisors and now lives in Belmont, NC with his wife Julie and their two children Bryan and Thomas.

Evan Snyder 
​Secretary

Evan is a 2-time combat veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan. He fought with the Marine Corps Infantry as an assaultman and was honorably discharged in 2011. He now oversees a racing electronics business, managing day to day operations of the shop.  He also owns a barbecue sauce company that caters to the fitness industry, diabetics, and people battling celiac disease. When he’s not working, you can find him in the gym or spending time with his 2 dogs.

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Special thanks to the following individuals that have provided support, guidance, and motivation to make this dream a reality.
Eric Farewell and Travis Burns of Aviator PPG
Matt Minyard of Paramotor Louisiana
​Chris Santacroce of Project Airtime and Super Fly Paragliding

Our Mission
Provide an opportunity for emotionally and physically adaptive capable veterans and warriors to overcome personal challenges through adaptive sports participation in order to build resiliency, as well as rehabilitate physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

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