Aaron Bleidt, Principal / Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Aaron Bleidt is the founding partner of Vantage Point Communications and now Chief Marketing & Communications Officer of DOXA / VANTAGE. With more than 20 years of leadership experience in media, marketing and publishing, Aaron served from 2000 to 2010 as founder/publisher and executive editor of CitiScapes Magazine, NWA’s longest running regional lifestyle magazine. Upon selling CitiScapes, he established Vantage Point Communications in 2010. Through VPC and subsequently D/V, he has led numerous successful marketing, advertising and public relations campaigns, particularly in the nonprofit, arts/culture and tourism sectors. Aaron recently received a C-Suite Award from the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, recognizing area CEO’s and C-level leaders.
A native of Fayetteville and University of Arkansas alumnus, Aaron is a lifelong resident of Northwest Arkansas who has long been involved in the community he loves. In the nonprofit arena, Aaron has served as an ambassador for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and on the boards of Habitat for Humanity, Fayetteville Downtown Partners, Single Parent Scholarship Fund, Fayetteville Underground, NWA Museum Foundation, and the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks. He was elected to three terms representing Fayetteville on the Washington County Quorum Court, and has also served on the Fayetteville Parks Board. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Fayetteville Area Affiliate of the Arkansas Community Foundation.
Away from the office, Aaron is a visual artist exhibiting works regionally and nationally, a voracious art collector, and avid kayaker. He and his husband John enjoy traveling to exotic locales (sandier the better), their century-old Craftsman home in downtown Fayetteville, and their two dog-kids, Baxter and Gus.