Paul Voight is the USHPA Region 5 board director, and currently chairs the USHPA Tandem Committee. At times he was the co-chair of the Safety and Training Committee, and was the USHGA Vice President three different terms, for two different presidents. A long time hang gliding and Paragliding enthusiast, Paul hails from the Hudson Valley, New York area where he is also a Husband, Dad, and Poppy. He first learned to fly in Kitty Hawk, N.C. in 1972. He began instructing hang gliding in 1980, and paragliding in 1990. Paul owned a full service Hang Gliding and Paragliding business from 1984 till 2017. He is Master-rated (H-5) Hang Glider pilot, an Advanced-rated (P-4) paraglider pilot and an administrator for both the Tandem and the Instructor programs. When not catching the breezes, Paul is an avid hockey player, photographer, skier, and hiker