Lili Pew

Lili Pew joined the Knowles real estate team in 2007 and has consistently been a top producer in the Mount Desert Island area while serving a wide range of national and international clientele. In recent years, she has closed a record number of sales for both Buyers and Sellers. Lili consistently goes above and beyond for her clients both during and after a sale.

About Lili

Lili joined The Knowles Company in January of 2007.  Now, with more than16 years of experience in real estate, Lili brings strong business expertise, dedicated professionalism, and great enthusiasm for our local area to bear in all her realty transactions.

Lili grew up in Bryn Mawr, PA and graduated from Harvard College in 1985 with a BS in Psychology. Her family has summered at their family cottage “Inchcape” in Northeast Harbor since the early 1900s, and has been dedicated members of the community for more than a century. She followed-up a successful corporate career with the U.S. Olympic Committee in Colorado and The Narragansett Group in New York by moving to Maine full-time in 2001.

Currently Lili is on the board of:

• Maine Community Foundation
• MDI Search and Rescue
• Friends of Acadia, (Chairman 2007-2011)
• Harbor Club Board of Governors
• For Acadia’s 2016 Centennial, she served on the Acadia Centennial Steering Committee, Centennial Carriage Drive and Rockefeller Carriage Road Celebration, and co-chaired Major Gifts for FOA Second Century Campaign that raised $25 million.

She is leading economic development and broadband initiatives in the towns of Mount Desert, Ellsworth, and The Cranberry Isles as part of her continuing efforts to secure the economic digital future of our communities.

Lili has also been a board member of:

• College of the Atlantic
• Summer Residents Association Board (SRA) (President 2017-2019)
• Ellsworth Business Development Corporation
• The New York Women’s Foundation
• Secretary of the Interior’s Steering Committee
• America’s Voice for Conservation, Recreation and Preservation
• Down East YMCA
• Hospice Regatta of Maine
• The Grand Theatre

Outside of real estate, her passions include elite-level cycling, racing events such as the Mount Washington Bicycle Hill Climb, as well as grand tours through the high peaks of Europe and the US. She is an avid sailor in the A-boat class and competed in local races for years with her father, Andy Pew. Volunteering in Acadia on Search & Rescue, Ski & Bike Patrol, Wild Gardens of Acadia, as well as leading hikes for Friends of Acadia demonstrate Lili’s commitment to sharing and serving our precious Acadia National Park.