Marla Mingenback Sheiner is a brand strategist, author, and storyteller with a decades-long career in communications and public affairs. Her work has helped shape narratives for some of the most recognized brands in America, including during her tenure as Vice President of Communications for one of the nation’s largest Anheuser-Busch distributors. She also served as Director of National Events for the University of Phoenix and Chief Communications Officer for a national public charter school network.
Marla brings her professional expertise—and deep personal reverence—to this centennial edition of her grandfather’s memoir. As the granddaughter of Carl Frederick Mingenback, a pioneer of the mutual insurance movement and principal author of the 1906 Mutual Insurance Manual, she spent time studying his legacy to offer this historically rich, emotionally grounded collection.
She is also the author of McCain’s Navy: Class of ’82, a leadership field guide inspired by her experience working on John McCain’s first congressional campaign. Marla lives in Phoenix, Arizona, where she continues to write, mentor, and consult.
