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2022 Dynamic Duos & Power Couples
POWER Couple
VINCE&FRANK
STORY BY LIESEL SCHMIDT // PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEN MEADOWS
When Frank Stuart and Vince Liuzza met at a Mardi Gras “Bag of Donuts” show in 2000, they might not have imagined that 22 years later, they’d be a power couple, co-owning a business together and sharing a life. But Frank, with his aggressive, big-picture nature, and organized, detail-oriented, managerial-minded Liuzza seem to be an incredible team.
Stuart has continued to work full-time as a Nurse Anesthetist since 2000 while in the process of building their growing business portfolio, which includes Liuzza Realty Group, Southern Window Accents and the recently launched Pinnacle Staffing Solutions, which helps place nurses & nurse anesthetists in hospitals. The two men have their days filled with real estate
negotiations, window treatments, and job placements as they oversee the companies that will become their legacy. Making their mark seems to be their raison d’etre, and they are indeed making an impact. But the secret to their success? Balance. “Frank is a real estate ‘blood hound’ and has a knack of finding unique opportunities that others have not had the vision to pursue,” says Liuzza. “I then put the deal together, negotiate the terms, close it and sell the finished product. Meanwhile, Frank is off finding the next opportunity. That is an example of the balance we have—Frank’s aggressiveness and my methodical management, combined with a comfort level of taking on risk in all that we do.” Their combined efforts have resulted in over 170 million dollars in real estate and development sales since 2000.
Still primarily focused on real estate speculation and development, Stuart and Liuzza have a burning passion for the art of making deals and creating properties that people love to buy—and those properties dot the map from Louisiana’s NorthShore to Pensacola Beach, Florida. At the end of the day, however, they still have the same goal of working hard to build for the future and then enjoy what they have worked so hard to build—together, as a power couple. “Frank is a real estate ‘blood hound’ and has a knack of finding unique opportunities that others have not had the vision to pursue,” says Liuzza. “I then put the deal together, negotiate the terms, close it and sell the finished product.”
STORY BY LIESEL SCHMIDT // PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEN MEADOWS
As husband and wife co-owners of Love More Hot Yoga, Dom and Jo Luke are partners in all things—and they have a work/ life relationship that reflects the strength of their bond.
After meeting on Match.com, the couple had a whirlwind romance that led to marriage, several moves, the creation of several businesses, and three children—all in the space of eight years. It is their love for each other and their personal character strengths that make them such a dynamic partnership, as each brings a particular set of assets to the team.
“Dom is a natural born leader,” says Jo. “He has the ability to be able to help you see your own strengths and implement them, sometimes without you even knowing. He is a very hard worker and does what needs to be done—as his motto from Pararescue states, ‘These things we do, That Others May Live.’ He lives by that in all areas of his life.”
“Jo has a teacher’s love and uses her experiences and knowledge as an elementary school teacher to keep us grounded and humble,” says Dom. “That, along with her joyful personality, are an incredible strength that she brings to the company.”
Offering warm and hot vinyasa yoga classes, yin and long slow deep classes, foundations classes, specialty classes and workshops, FST, reiki, massage, compression therapy, and NKT, Love More Hot Yoga sets itself apart by being more than a yoga studio. “We offer a judgement-free space for people to come and move their bodies and minds in a way that makes sense to them,” says Dom. Adds Jo, “We do our best to help remind people that everything they need is inside themselves, and we create a movement to come back to LOVE in all ways and to LOVE MORE.”
POWER Couple
JO&DOM
