As a founding principal of the CityBuilding Partnership LLC, Nathan provides communities, developers and places of worship planning services, customized workshops, site tours and advocacy support.  

Previously, Nathan served as the CEO of the Lafayette Downtown Development Authority where he and his team spearheaded the development of the award-winning Downtown Action Plan and the Creativity Everywhere initiative; created the Development and Design Center; secured the adoption of a groundbreaking and graphically-intensive form-based code that won the 2019 Driehaus Award; established the CityBuilding Exchange educational conference for community leaders; and initiated a major road diet on one of the two main thoroughfares, as well as the development of the Return on Infrastructure Investment Analysis Tool. 

Previously, Nathan was the co-founder and Director of Implementation Advisory for PlaceMakers, LLC. At PlaceMakers, Nathan worked with developers and municipalities to plan, entitle, develop and market neighborhoods, towns and cities.  During this time Nathan started the Magical Mystery Tour series of intensive site tours of leading projects and places that continues on today as the CityBuilding Express.  Prior to the creation of PlaceMakers, Nathan served as the Director of Marketing & Sales for multiple large scale traditional neighborhood developments. 

He is a contributor to the Charter of the New Urbanism, the SmartCode Manual, and Reflections on Seaside; a co-founder and current president of The Urban Guild; the primary author of the Smart Growth Schools Report Card; and the author of “Re-designing Church for the 21st Century.”  He is the recipient of the Barranco Award as well as multiple Charter Awards. In 2022 he was inducted as a Fellow in the Congress for the New Urbanism. 

He regularly speaks across the country on how communities can leverage placemaking as an economic development tool. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and his law degree from the University of Alabama prior to serving in the military.