Lisa Smith Presta recently became president of the Erie Club, the first woman to hold the position in the Club’s 134-year history. Presta has been a member of the Erie Club Board of Directors since 2008, served as vice president of the Board, and also chaired the House Committee. The Erie Club was incorporated in 1882 and evolved from two organizations, the Undine Boat Club and the McClane Light Guard. Today, the Erie Club is recognized as one of the finest private social clubs in northwestern Pennsylvania.
Presta is a senior partner at the law firm of MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP, where she concentrates her legal practice in the areas of commercial litigation, employment disputes and professional liability litigation.
She earned her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, her master’s in education from the University of Pittsburgh, and her bachelor’s degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 1987.
