Juan Sebastián Herrera
Real Estate, Climate, and Urban Policy Consultant | Economic & Quant Analysis | Problem-Solver & Doer
- Role
- Director of Climate Implications at First Street
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Juan Sebastián Herrera
I am an urban economist and planner with over a decade of experience working at the…
Experience
Director of Climate Implications
Jan 2025 — Present · NY, US
Led the design of the Global Equities Climate Risk Module, linking catastrophe model outputs to corporate value chain disruptions across 1.6 million firms, 160 industries, and 11 sectors- Directed national-scale reports quantifying climate-driven mortgage credit losses, projecting a 380% increase in foreclosures and $5.4 billion in annual losses by 2035, with significant implications for financial stability and credit markets- Authored academic research establishing causal pathways between climate shocks, housing markets, and financial risk using property-level transaction and loan data- Collaborated across disciplines—with hazard scientists, data engineers, and financial analysts—to integrate climate data into macroeconomic modeling frameworks for application by banks, insurers, and regulators.
Education
Y Combinator
Start-up School, Aspiring Founder Track
MITx Courses
MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science, Data
2020 — 2021
University of California
MIA MA, Economics
2018 — 2020
Universidad de Los Andes
Especializacion en Economía, Economics
Universidad de Los Andes
Public Leadership and Administration, Public Administration
2015 — 2016
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Bachelor’s Degree, City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
2008 — 2013
Skills
- Human Focused Design
- Activism
- Urban Planning
- Placemaking
- Urban Design
- Gis
- Group Work
- Leadership
- Research
- Autocad
- Sketchup
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Microsoft Office
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