Brigitta Shouppe, 33

Brigitta Shouppe loves the game-time mentality of public relations. The former University of Tampa soccer player says working on a campaign is similar to playing for a team: you lay out a plan, you ramp up to a certain point and “there’s a final win there that I can look back on.”

Shouppe plays that out as an account executive at St. Petersburg-based B2 Communications and as a freelancer for select media campaigns. For B2, clients include the Florida Economic Development Council, law firm Bryant Miller Olive and the Vinoy, in its pitch to build a parking garage.