Susan Bell, a former Haines tourism director who helped launch the Kluane-Chilkat bike ride and recruited regular dockings of large cruise ships, will speak at the Haines Chamber of Commerce banquet Sept. 24.
Bell, who led the tourism department from 1991 to 1994, went on to work as a vice-president at Goldbelt, Inc. and serve as a partner in the consulting firm of McDowell Group. Since Sept. 2009, she has served as commissioner of the…