Top 17 Marketing Mentors to Learn From in 2026
If you're looking for marketing mentors who can change how you think, plan, and grow, I've pulled together the voices I think cut through the noise. These are practitioners who share real strategies, hard-won lessons, and honest takes on what's working now. Whether you're refining your positioning or rebuilding your funnel, this list helps you find the mentors worth your time.
Top 17 Marketing Mentors
Below are the profiles of the top marketing mentors, covering who they are and the impact they've made in this space.
Drew Neisser
Drew Neisser is founder and CEO of CMO Huddles, a peer community for B2B marketing chiefs, and an author and podcaster whose career spans more than three decades in B2B marketing.
Through…
Drew Neisser is founder and CEO of CMO Huddles, a peer community for B2B marketing chiefs, and an author and podcaster whose career spans more than three decades in B2B marketing.
Through CMO Huddles, Neisser turns conversations among senior marketers into peer learning, coaching, and practical problem-solving. His books, interviews, and community work give marketing leaders a deep bench of lessons drawn from other CMOs.
Ilise Benun
Ilise Benun founded Marketing Mentor and has spent more than three decades coaching creative professionals. She is also an author, speaker, course creator, and host of the Marketing Mentor Podcast.
Benun helps…
Ilise Benun founded Marketing Mentor and has spent more than three decades coaching creative professionals. She is also an author, speaker, course creator, and host of the Marketing Mentor Podcast.
Benun helps independent creatives build sustainable businesses through positioning, outreach, pricing, proposals, and better client development. Her long-running coaching, teaching, books, and podcast make mentorship central to her work rather than a sideline.
Graham Robertson
Graham Robertson founded Beloved Brands after a 20-year brand management career spanning Coke, General Mills, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson, where he rose through marketing leadership roles.
Robertson now turns that operating…
Graham Robertson founded Beloved Brands after a 20-year brand management career spanning Coke, General Mills, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson, where he rose through marketing leadership roles.
Robertson now turns that operating experience into brand coaching, consulting, books, and training. His frameworks cover positioning, marketing plans, strategic thinking, analytics, and execution, giving marketers practical tools for becoming stronger brand leaders.
Andy Crestodina
Andy Crestodina is co-founder and CMO of Orbit Media Studios, where he has worked in digital strategy since 2001. He is also the author of Content Chemistry and an active digital marketing…
Andy Crestodina is co-founder and CMO of Orbit Media Studios, where he has worked in digital strategy since 2001. He is also the author of Content Chemistry and an active digital marketing educator.
Crestodina is especially good at turning technical marketing topics into teachable ideas. His writing and presentations span content strategy, SEO, analytics, AI, audience research, and conversion, making education and practical guidance a major part of his influence.
Nan Oo
Nan Oo is a digital marketing trainer, consultant, lecturer, and co-founder and CEO of Futura School. His work spans HubSpot, marketing technology, higher education, startups, B2B, and SaaS.
Teaching runs through Oo’s…
Nan Oo is a digital marketing trainer, consultant, lecturer, and co-founder and CEO of Futura School. His work spans HubSpot, marketing technology, higher education, startups, B2B, and SaaS.
Teaching runs through Oo’s work, from university courses and corporate training to his own marketing programs. He also offers free mentorship for graduates and job seekers, combining hands-on digital marketing instruction with guidance for people building their careers.
Andrea Linehan
Andrea Linehan is a four-time CMO with two decades in marketing and finance experience. Her work covers MarTech, FinTech, go-to-market strategy, AI adoption, and building scalable marketing functions.
Linehan combines commercial discipline…
Andrea Linehan is a four-time CMO with two decades in marketing and finance experience. Her work covers MarTech, FinTech, go-to-market strategy, AI adoption, and building scalable marketing functions.
Linehan combines commercial discipline with hands-on marketing leadership, advising companies on growth and helping marketers move into senior roles. Her mentoring covers leadership transitions, AI-native ways of working, and the practical challenge of building functions that scale.
Sofia Holden
Sofia Holden leads marketing and brand strategy at Klar after building brands at Nike, PepsiCo, and Mars. Her areas of expertise include brand strategy, product marketing, media, and commercial performance.
Alongside leading…
Sofia Holden leads marketing and brand strategy at Klar after building brands at Nike, PepsiCo, and Mars. Her areas of expertise include brand strategy, product marketing, media, and commercial performance.
Alongside leading marketing, Holden mentors marketers through The Blue Elf, drawing on experience across major consumer brands and fintech. Her guidance connects career development with the realities of positioning, team leadership, consumer insight, and executing strategy under pressure.
Jabari Hearn
Jabari Hearn is a Stagwell marketing executive and co-founder of Monday Night Mentorship, a community created to support career advancement and leadership development for marketers of color.
Hearn helped turn informal office…
Jabari Hearn is a Stagwell marketing executive and co-founder of Monday Night Mentorship, a community created to support career advancement and leadership development for marketers of color.
Hearn helped turn informal office hours into a sustained mentoring community where experienced marketers share access, advice, and career support. That work complements his brand-building career and gives aspiring marketing leaders a direct route to practitioners who understand the industry.
Mark Schaefer
Mark W. Schaefer is an author, keynote speaker, educator, and Executive Director of Schaefer Marketing Solutions, drawing on more than 30 years of experience across global sales, PR, and marketing.
Schaefer’s…
Mark W. Schaefer is an author, keynote speaker, educator, and Executive Director of Schaefer Marketing Solutions, drawing on more than 30 years of experience across global sales, PR, and marketing.
Schaefer’s books, teaching, consulting, and long-running {grow} blog examine how marketers earn attention and remain relevant as technology changes. His emphasis on practical education and accessible strategy gives marketers tools for navigating branding, content, social media, and AI.
Leisa Wood
Leisa Wood is a marketing leader and founder of The Marketing Mentor, bringing 25+ years across marketing, media, digital communication, brand strategy, advertising, and performance marketing.
Wood works as a virtual marketing…
Leisa Wood is a marketing leader and founder of The Marketing Mentor, bringing 25+ years across marketing, media, digital communication, brand strategy, advertising, and performance marketing.
Wood works as a virtual marketing director while deliberately sharing her knowledge with the businesses she supports. Her mentoring draws on broad experience across the customer journey, from brand and media strategy to digital acquisition, data, e-commerce, and ROI.
Jeremy Johnston
Jeremy Johnston is a fractional CMO and marketing mentor with decades of experience across brand positioning, full-funnel marketing, ROI, agency leadership, startups, and AI implementation.
Johnston’s mentoring is rooted in operating systems…
Jeremy Johnston is a fractional CMO and marketing mentor with decades of experience across brand positioning, full-funnel marketing, ROI, agency leadership, startups, and AI implementation.
Johnston’s mentoring is rooted in operating systems rather than abstract advice: setting business and marketing goals, sharpening positioning, building full-funnel plans, and tracking returns. That combination gives marketers a practical view of how senior marketing decisions connect to growth.
Myke Metzger
Myke Metzger is a creator, consultant, author, and founder of Vera House Studios. He has spent more than a decade building brands, creating social content, and mentoring entrepreneurs and creators.
Metzger coaches…
Myke Metzger is a creator, consultant, author, and founder of Vera House Studios. He has spent more than a decade building brands, creating social content, and mentoring entrepreneurs and creators.
Metzger coaches founders and creators on clarifying their brands, improving content, marketing their expertise, and turning knowledge into products or clients. His mentorship is grounded in his own agency, entrepreneurship, publishing, and audience-building experience.
Chin Wu
Chin Wu is Global Director of AI Ecosystem Storytelling at Lenovo, building on leadership in consumer marketing and brand campaigns. She’s particularily involved in the areas of technology storytelling, social strategy, and…
Chin Wu is Global Director of AI Ecosystem Storytelling at Lenovo, building on leadership in consumer marketing and brand campaigns. She’s particularily involved in the areas of technology storytelling, social strategy, and AI.
Wu’s work centers on making complex technology understandable and culturally relevant, from influencer-led consumer programs to Lenovo’s AI storytelling. Her experience offers marketers a useful model for translating technical products into narratives audiences can see, feel, and share.
Ana Latini
Ana Latini is a Google professional whose career has moved from advertising and digital marketing into leadership, sales, product support, and UX program management, alongside active mentoring.
Latini uses that nonlinear career…
Ana Latini is a Google professional whose career has moved from advertising and digital marketing into leadership, sales, product support, and UX program management, alongside active mentoring.
Latini uses that nonlinear career to help others think more deliberately about transitions and transferable skills. Her mentoring draws on digital strategy, project and program management, leadership, and experience moving between disciplines without discarding what came before.
Christina Del Villar
Christina Del Villar is a fractional CMO, chief market strategist, author, and speaker whose work centers on go-to-market strategy, revenue growth, and marketing’s influence on corporate strategy.
Her book Sway lays out…
Christina Del Villar is a fractional CMO, chief market strategist, author, and speaker whose work centers on go-to-market strategy, revenue growth, and marketing’s influence on corporate strategy.
Her book Sway lays out the G.R.I.T. Marketing Method, covering go-to-market strategy, measurable programs, intentional marketing, and technology. Through workshops and speaking, she also helps marketers strengthen their strategic influence and careers.
Vladimer Botsvadze
Vladimer Botsvadze is a digital transformation and social media speaker, advisor, consultant, and mentor with more than 15 years of international experience across marketing and technology.
Mentorship is an established part of…
Vladimer Botsvadze is a digital transformation and social media speaker, advisor, consultant, and mentor with more than 15 years of international experience across marketing and technology.
Mentorship is an established part of Botsvadze’s broader work: he has supported careers through the University of Westminster and startup programs and accelerators. His guidance draws on digital strategy, social media, entrepreneurship, brand growth, and emerging technology.
Ekaterina Vinokurova
Ekaterina Vinokurova is a Global Lifecycle Marketing Manager at Uber with senior digital marketing experience across B2B and B2C, particularly CRM, membership programs, and paid search marketing.
Vinokurova brings experience from startups…
Ekaterina Vinokurova is a Global Lifecycle Marketing Manager at Uber with senior digital marketing experience across B2B and B2C, particularly CRM, membership programs, and paid search marketing.
Vinokurova brings experience from startups and large matrixed organizations into her mentoring. Her guidance covers career decisions, interviewing, stakeholder management, and working across cultures, giving marketers practical support for navigating both the craft and organizational side of their careers.
Selection Methodology
We selected the leaders on this list based on their relevance, demonstrated expertise and impact, professional credibility, and ongoing contributions to the field.
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We look for evidence such as leading meaningful initiatives or delivering notable results within their organizations, developing influential ideas or practices, publishing research or educational resources, speaking or teaching, and other contributions that demonstrate impact within their work or the broader field.
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