Bentley Team

Susan Black

Senior Advisor

SUSAN BLACK has spent her 29-year career in travel industry leadership roles. She is currently Managing Director of the strategy firm, SUSAN BLACK ASSOCIATES, INC. Most recently, she served as Senior Advisor - Travel Industry at CHIMNEY ROCK CAPITAL PARTNERS, a boutique investment bank. Prior to that position she was Chief Marketing Officer of CHEAPCARIBBEAN.COM, an online retail and wholesale vacation package company. Ms. Black's previous post was Executive Vice President, Marketing, of LIBGO TRAVEL (Liberty Travel and GOGO Worldwide Vacations), where she was also a member of LibGo's Executive Strategy Committee. Prior to joining LibGo Travel, she founded and chaired the eight-year-old TRAVEL COMMERCE CONFERENCE AND EXPO (TRAVELCOM) in conjunction with Forrester Research, where she directed the growth of TravelCom into a major conference/tradeshow. Ms. Black also served as Chairman of eTravelWorld, General Manager of Thomas Travel Ventures, a division of THOMAS PUBLISHING CO., Associate Publisher of Corporate Travel Magazine, and Senior Editor of Meeting News Magazine. Ms. Black was also a co-founder of THE BLACK & WRIGHT GROUP, the travel strategy consultancy whose other principal was Mims Wright. She currently serves on several corporate and travel association Advisory Boards and is a frequent speaker at travel industry conferences and corporate events. Ms. Black received a B.A. from RUTGERS UNIVERSITY and an M.Phil from UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON.

Overview of Bentley's Travel & Leisure Group
Travel & Leisure Transactions
Strategic Advisory Assignments

Phone: (201) 476-1414
Private Fax: (201) 782-0994
Email: sblack@bentleylp.com