Karla V. Gabay, 28.(NextGen)

Current Position: Director of Business Development, Leo A. Daly Co.

Background: A career in marketing beckoned for the girl with a talent for talking. Gabay, who graduated in 2002 with a bachelor's in business administration from Florida International University, recounts: "My mother always said I could talk anyone's ear off and my husband pushed me to become a spokesperson at my antenatal class because he says I talk all the time." On graduation, she talked her way into a job with BEA International Corp., where she stayed until joining architectural firm Leo A. Daly in