Former journalist and long-time community development advocate, the Honourable Susan Corkum-Greek was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as MLA for Lunenburg in 2021 and was re-elected in 2024.
She is the ministerial assistant to the Minister of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage, focusing on tourism.
She has been Minister of Economic Development.
A graduate of the University of King’s College, Halifax, Corkum-Greek spent nearly two decades in community journalism. She credits those years for igniting her passion for community economic development, which she has pursued full time since 2002.
Corkum-Greek’s professional experience spans a number of industries from tourism and culture to small manufacturing, and includes both volunteer and paid work in the Chamber of Commerce movement. She was a founding member of the Lunenburg Waterfront Association, formed to protect and revitalize the seaport’s working waterfront. She also played a foundational role in the development of LAMP (Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance), an elite finishing school for performing artists that helped transform a longtime public school and National Historic Site into a vibrant community and cultural hub.
Corkum-Greek lives in Bayport with her husband Jody, a professional mariner, and two children.
She is Chair of the Community Services Committee. She is a member of the Assembly Matters and Health Committees.