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Executive Team

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    Michelle Fee

    CTC, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

    Michelle Fee co-founded Friendship Travel, a full-service travel agency, in 1981 with friend Lynn Korn. After several successful years in business, Michelle and Lynn joined forces with industry veteran Marvin Davis to co-found Cruise Planners in 1994.

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    Tom Kruszewski

    Chief Financial Officer

    An accomplished financial executive with more than 20 years of experience, Tom Kruszewski served as CFO of a group of Miami-based companies including Rally Manufacturing, Inc., Intec, Inc. and i-Tec Electronics, Inc., leading manufacturers of automotive, video game and consumer electronics accessories, prior to joining Cruise Planners/American Express in 2008.

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    Vicky Garcia

    Chief Operating Officer

    Vicky Garcia is the executive vice president of sales and marketing for Cruise Planners/American Express, where she oversees the marketing, group inventory, training, franchise sales, and operations department. Garcia works closely with the executive team to develop and leverage strategic partnerships with cruise lines, tour operators and air consolidators to create sales, training and marketing programs, making Cruise Planners the number one choice among home-based travel agents.

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    Brian Shultz

    Vice President, Technology

    Brian oversees all the technology that is produced and maintained at Cruise Planners. Brian works closely with the different departments in-house as well the agent community to drive his team to produce industry-leading tools that make the management of their business seamless and easy.

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