Mara Schmidt arrived the following summer as a professional WTA player, taking time off from the professional world tour to teach at the Siasconset Casino. For eight full summers, they lived parallel lives just 500 feet apart—Mara at the Casino and George at 25 Broadway, and even up on stage, where George acted in On the Isle’s production of Titanic the Musical. “In a village as small and interconnected as ’Sconset, it’s still hard for us to believe we managed to miss one another for so long,” George said. Mara agreed. “I never thought I’d find the love of my life here,” she added. “It’s kind of crazy.”
In September 2023, they were set up at the same ’Sconset dinner party, and last summer, they were married on Nantucket. As partners in life and at Coldwell Banker Realty, they’ve become a formidable tandem in Nantucket’s real estate scene— “your trusted team, on and off the court,” as they say.
“Working together as a husband-and-wife team happened naturally,” George said. “Our personalities and skill sets complement each other, and we both genuinely love the relationship-driven side of the business—we approach clients less as transactions and more as long-term relationships built on trust and connection.” The seasonal rhythm of island life makes it work: Mara is devoted entirely to her role as Assistant General Manager at the Casino, while in the quieter offseason months she steps in alongside George, supporting the business and helping build it together. And she keeps things moving during the stretches when George is away serving with the U.S. Navy Reserve.
