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Tracey R. McCants Lewis, Esq. ’93

Chief Legal and Community Affairs Officer, Pittsburgh Penguins
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science

Tracey McCants Lewis is Chief Legal and Community Affairs Officer for the Pittsburgh Penguins. She oversees the Legal and Community Affairs departments, providing strategic leadership across all legal functions and community engagement initiatives. Her portfolio includes management of the organization’s Inclusion and Belonging efforts, fostering meaningful connections among the community, fanbase, corporate partners, and staff. In 2019, she led the development of the Black Hockey History Game, which has since become an annual cornerstone event for the club and a model for subsequent organizational initiatives.

A member of the Pennsylvania State Bar, McCants Lewis was appointed to the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 2013 and served until 2018. She is a former associate of K&L Gates LLP and served as a law clerk for the Honorable Max Baer of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. McCants Lewis earned her B.A. degree from Gannon University in political science and her J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law. She is also a graduate of The Advanced Leadership Institute (TALI), Executive Leadership Academy in conjunction with the Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business.

She has received numerous awards and honors from local organizations, including the NAACP Pittsburgh Branch’s Homer S. Brown Award for Legal Service; YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh Racial Justice Award; Allegheny County Bar Association Lorraine M. Bittner Public Interest Attorney Award; Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh’s Ron H. Brown Community Leadership Award; Mt. Ararat Community Activity Center, Dr. Lottie P. Edwards Community Service Award; Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Justice Award from the Homer S. Brown Division of the Allegheny County Bar Association; and the C-Suite Award from the Pittsburgh Business Times. She was also named to The Hockey News’ List of 20 Women Making Black History in Hockey and featured in the Sports Business Journal’s ALL IN: Leaders in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

She has served on numerous local, state, and national boards, including the ACLU Pennsylvania State Board (Board Chair); ACLU Greater Pittsburgh Chapter; Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh (Executive Board); Urban League Young Professionals of Greater Pittsburgh (Executive Board); National Urban League Young Professionals Board of Directors (Executive Board); Mt. Ararat Community Activity Center; and August Wilson African American Cultural Center (Board Chair).
Current Community Board Appointments:

• City of Pittsburgh Equal Opportunity Review Commission - Commissioner
• Allegheny County Government Review Commission - Commissioner
• Sports and Exhibition Authority’s Sports Commission - Commissioner
• Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership – Board of Directors

Tracey is the proud mother of one adult son, Marcelius Lewis II.