L

ucinda Hollis 

started with 

The Melting 

Pot brands 13 years 

ago as a server at 

the Columbia, 

South Carolina 

location while she 

was a student at 

The University of 

South Carolina. 

She worked her 

way up through the 

management levels 

and was promoted 

to Area Manager in 

2014. She was given 

the opportunity at 

the beginning of this 

year to become a 

franchisee through 

The Melting Pot’s Path 

to Growth program, 

which helps existing 

operators move into 

ownership. She values 

working for a brand that focuses on family and belonging, genuine 

hospitality, and giving back to their local community as well as 

national fundraising for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She 

also loves getting to work with melted cheese and chocolate, and 

a vast selection of wines every day. She has brought her 10 years 

of marketing experience to Destin and is reinvigorating her new 

location with fun, exciting offers and promotions. When not at the 

restaurant she enjoys rooting for her favorite sports teams, playing 

with her dog, and enjoying the beautiful beaches.

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G

loria Frazier 

is a pioneer 

in local and 

national real estate. 

As founder and CEO 

of ERA American 

Real Estate, she has 

created a thriving 

fi rm whose mission 

is to change lives 

through Emerald 

Coast real estate. For 

more than 36 years, 

Gloria has instilled 

in her company 

standards of both 

business excellence 

and exceptional 

community service. 

These cultural values 

have led to both 

local and national 

recognition. In 

March of 2016, ERA 

American Real Estate 

was inducted into the 

ERA Hall of Fame, a rare honor. Gloria has received many awards for 

her leadership and her agents have won national recognition for the 

work they’ve done under Gloria’s tutelage. In fact, Gloria has been 

instrumental in starting the careers of more than 1500 Realtors. 

Through the years, she has worked on committees and in multiple 

industry roles to represent Realtors® on the Emerald Coast, in 

Tallahassee, and in Washington DC. Beyond her pioneering work in 

real estate, Gloria’s passion for building and supporting the Emerald 

Coast community was given a national stage when she was awarded 

ERA’s coveted 2015 Circle of Light for Community Leadership. Over 

the years, she’s raised millions of dollars to serve the community she 

loves. 

L 

iz Engstrom has been enhancing the natural beauty of women for many years, 

including cancer patients, and patients with Alopecia. She was trained in the 

Sotftap method of Permanent Makeup in 2001. Softap is a method where all 

procedures are done

By hand, not a machine, and uses this method for all procedures. Liz had a thriving 

business in Minnesota until 2014, when she moved to Florida and opened her successful 

Miramar Beach clinic two years ago. She is proud to have this as her only location with 

no affi liation to any other technicians in the area, as this allows her to be “hands on” 

with all of her clients. Liz1s goal is to help women achieve optimal results and enjoy 

the freedom of not having to apply makeup every day! Her specialty is Microblading 

eyebrows, which allows her clients to have eyebrows that 

look exactly like regular hair. She is also profi cient in scalp 

Micropigmentation, helping men and women with bald 

spots, receding hairlines, or scars on their head with hair-

like strokes. Whether you just need a little bit of a tail on 

yourbrows, want to make your eyes pop with eyeliner, or add 

a splash of color to your lips, Liz would be thrilled to help you 

achieve the look you envision.  #iwokeuplikethis

President & CEO,

ERA American Real Estate

GLORIA

 FRAZIER

850.651.2454

 4 9th Ave Suite E, Shalimar

Owner,

Belle Permanent Makeup

LIZ

 ENGSTROM

850.714.2394

10065 Emerald Coast Parkway, 

Miramar Beach

Franchisee Owner,

The Melting Pot

LUCINDA

 HOLLIS

850.269.2227

11394 US-98, Destin

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