Susan Corbett
Former First Lady of Pennsylvania
2022
Susan Corbett served as First Lady of Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2015. During her tenure, she was an active advocate for arts and cultural institutions and incorporating the arts in public education. Her primary initiative was Opening Doors—a partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Everyone Graduates Center of Johns Hopkins University. The initiative focused on increasing the high school graduation rate by early identification of at-risk students and intervention during middle school years. Corbett’s career focused on nonprofit management with leadership positions at Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures and the Gettysburg Foundation. Her volunteer efforts have included board positions at various education, cultural and arts organizations, Lebanon Valley College (her alma mater), Pittsburgh Public Theater, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
At the Summit
The catalytic power of this Summit in bringing together those who are devoting their lives to pushing back and working to confront, understand and work towards solutions around hate in our society is a noble and difficult task. The Summit not only energized those who attended but led to connecting the dots in a global network of those doing this work. The stories of the victims of hate were painful to witness but their courage in coming forward was inspirational. Those who attended left energized with the hope that by working together solutions can be forged.
