Our Staff

NATE BENARD

Rev. Nate Benard, MDiv, MHA, MHS, is CMDA's Atlanta Area Director.

Nate is a licensed minister within the Presbyterian Church of America, working toward ordination. 

Nate attended the Medical University of South Carolina for graduate school.  He worked for 12 years in the corporate world in Atlanta before the Lord called him to ministry and he went to seminary.  He worked for Perimeter Church in Johns Creek, GA, in their Global Outreach division for three years as well.

Nate married his wife, Vicki, in 1993, and the Lord blessed them with two amazing daughters and a grandson.

Our CMDA Atlanta Council

  • Rick Boden, MD

  • Chip Busbee, MD

  • John Galloway, MD

  • Mark Huffman, MD

  • Jim Malcolm, MD

  • Carol Shaffer, RPH

  • Emily Ferrara, PhD, LPC

  • Huck Whitener, DDS

  • Ryan Reid, DPT

  • Jonathan Goss, MD

  • Brittany Hoover, DMD

  • Jake Varghese, MD

  • Mary Barker, MD

  • Laurie Boden, MD

  • Ryan Cantwell, MD

  • Scott Keller, MD

  • Sarah Neely Park, MD

  • Don Shaffer, MD

  • Michael Smith, RICP

  • Joash Lazurus, MD

  • John Tumeh, MD

  • Jill Mattingly, DHSc, PA-C

  • Ronnie Funk, MD

  • Hank Blair, DMD

  • Natalie Ali, NP

  • John Patrickson, PhD