Jessica Eckley, 36

Jessica Eckley says she’s always been business-oriented. While at school at University of Central Florida, Eckley interned as RDB Sports, the parent company for the Orlando Magic. By her junior year, she was working full time for the company.

Eckley worked for the Orlando Magic for seven-and-a-half years until she found a job in her hometown Tampa, with Cox Media Group. From there, she worked as the event marketing manager for the Tampa Bay Lightning for a few years and later as a public relations manager at Triad Retail Media, working with clients that included Wal-Mart, eBay and CVS.