A seasoned nonprofit executive, Nathan Lott served most recently as executive director of Historic Macon Foundation in Macon, Georgia, where he modernized the organization’s financial system and up-skilled staff to reestablish the organization’s capacity to rehabilitate historic houses. Working with the board of directors, he led the organization through a strategic planning process to establish five-year goals for education, construction and fundraising.

Nathan previously spearheaded public policy research and advocacy for Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans. Working with community partners, he helped African American neighborhoods gain recognition on the National Register and access to state historic tax credits; won reauthorization of those tax credits; and secured commonsense regulations of short-term rentals. 

As staff director for the Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans, Nathan nurtured a multidisciplinary network of design practionners, community leaders, scientists and advocates for a new approach to stormwater management in Southeast Louisiana -- one that embraces a "design with nature" paradigm. 

Nathan completed the Masters of Preservation Studies program at Tulane School of Architecture. He has a deep appreciation for the region’s unique history and grasps the challenges inherent to building in a deltaic, coastal environment like Southeast Louisiana. His work on climate change and cultural heritage while at Tulane built upon a longstanding commitment to the joint protection of natural and cultural resources.

That synergistic approach was a hallmark of his seven years as executive director of the Virginia Conservation Network. A coalition of more than 125 nonprofit and community groups, the network championed energy efficiency benchmarks, conservation easements and watershed restoration. During Nathan’s tenure, the network united rural communities concerned about a proposed uranium mine with business interests downstream to protect the drinking water of more than 1 million people. 

Previously, Nathan served in a state agency tasked with improving water quality through land conservation. He served as lead author for a greenway-blueway project, Captain John Smith’s Trail on the James River. He also authored a guide book to hiking trails near Richmond, Virginia. Nathan is married to Elizabeth Lott, an ordained minister and Gulf South native. The couple have two children.