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City of Cedar Park
450 Cypress Creek Road, Bldg. 1
Cedar Park, TX 78613
Call 512-401-5060

Staff

Chief Economic Development Officer

Arthur Jackson arthur.jackson@cedarparktexas.gov

Arthur Jackson joined the City of Cedar Park as Chief Economic Development Officer in April 2024. As the Chief Economic Development Officer, he is responsible for the City’s economic development and tourism-related activities and team.

Before leading the City of Cedar Park’s economic development corporation, Jackson led large regional economic development corporations such as Tulsa’s Future, when the City landed the most significant and second-largest economic development deals in Oklahoma state history. Before his Senior Vice President role in Tulsa, Jackson was the Senior Director of economic development with Opportunity Austin for over five years, where he landed companies such as Tesla, Apple, and Merck.

Arthur brings more than 13 years of economic development experience and a wealth of business knowledge from his eight years of experience working in the for-profit sector. Due to his continued achievements in economic development, Jackson was recognized as a top 40 under 40 economic developer in 2021. He led the Tulsa’s Future organization to be recognized as the top economic development organization of the year for 2023 by the International Economic Development Council.

Arthur holds an Executive MBA and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Prairie View A&M University.

Assistant Director of Economic Development

Scott Smith Scott.Smith@cedarparktexas.gov

Scott Smith was hired as the City of Cedar Park’s Assistant Director of Economic Development in March 2023. Scott has worked for the Texas government, as a site selection consultant and most recently for the Texas Association of Business (TAB). At TAB, Scott worked to develop sound business policy in a variety of sectors most impactful to the state’s continued economic growth, such as Advanced Manufacturing, HQ, Digital Technology, Energy and Life Sciences.

Mr. Smith brings successful deal making experience on behalf of the State of Texas in addition to representation of Fortune 500 clients as a sought-after incentive’s consultant. As Governor Rick Perry’s chief analyst for Texas Enterprise Fund, Scott closed corporate expansion projects and helped set policy for the state’s record setting economic growth. In this position, Mr. Smith led a team of analysts, project managers, and marketing professionals to meet success-oriented job creation measures set by the Texas Legislature.

When not at work, Scott spends time on philanthropic activities benefiting the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance, a national non-profit dedicated to the pursuit of scientific research leading to treatments and a cure for Friedreich’s ataxia. Scott, his wife Susan and daughters Grace and Stella are all quite proud of their Golden Doodle, Benji.