Our Team
Decades upon decades of experience
St. Louis Board Members:
Omaha and Kansas City Operations Team:
Kellie Salter NiNi Harris Tod (Bud) DeHart Sharon Roberts
Linda Ketterer Vince Ketterer Claire St. Pierre
John (JJ) grew up in Elkhorn, Nebraska and is the Grandson of Moostash Joe. He was surrounded in a family known for travel. As time went on he craved travel, and he began to plan his entire family vacations at the age of 9 with a trip to Disney World. He is a graduate of Midland University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and an MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurship. While in college he worked in a travel office eventually working as a tour director, traveling all over the United States and Europe. After college, he worked as a banker for a major US bank before founding Excite. He has facilitated countless magical moments with thousands of people while touring. JJ is Co-Owner and Travel Extraordinaire at Excite Inc.
Cindy began her entrepreneur career when her and husband, Tom opened and managed a restaurant in small town Iowa. After 6 years Cindy began her career in finance with a local housing design firm in Omaha, NE. After 26 years at the firm, she moved on to work in the tour and travel industry where she managed all of the tours. While in the office she enjoyed making sure the customers had the best vacation possible and that all of their details were taken care of. Cindy also enjoys dreaming up experiences and developing great relationships with her customers. She is the mother of an amazing daughter, Brianna, who now works full time for Excite! Cindy is Co-Owner and Experience Advisor at Excite Inc.
JJ (John) Bell Cindy Steffensmeier
