Cedar Park names three nominees to Central Texas Spaceport Development Corporation board; approval subject to county bylaws

The council approved appointments of three Cedar Park‑nominated directors to the governing board of the new Central Texas Spaceport Development Corporation during the Aug. 7 meeting, subject to Williamson County’s final approval of the board bylaws.

Arthur Jackson, the city’s chief economic development officer, described the corporation as a joint city‑county vehicle to attract space‑industry investment and high‑paying jobs. He presented biographical summaries for each nominee: Jenna Spruce, a strategic leader with decades of aerospace and defense experience and a former vice president of spacecraft at Firefly Aerospace; Han Kim, a semiconductor and manufacturing executive who serves as North American president of Hanyang Engineering (a company with a space division); and Mark Burgett, an operations executive with manufacturing and supply‑chain experience who is a Cedar Park resident and whose company is investing in a local facility.

Council moved and seconded a motion to appoint the three nominees; the motion carried unanimously with the appointment made subject to Williamson County’s approval of the corporation bylaws.

Mayor and council members praised the nominees and the economic potential of the spaceport initiative but noted that the county’s formal adoption of bylaws remains a necessary step before the appointments are fully effective.