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Sebastián Negrón-Reichard
Born
San Juan, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (Wharton School and College of Arts and Sciences)
Harvard Law School
Harvard Business School
Occupation(s)Public servant
Attorney
EmployerCity of Boston
TitleAdvisor to the Mayor of Boston

Sebastián Negrón-Reichard is a public servant and attorney from Puerto Rico who serves as an Advisor to the Mayor of Boston. He previously served as Chief of Staff to the Executive Director of the Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico during the restructuring of Puerto Rico's $125 billion debt crisis. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, and the University of Pennsylvania's The Wharton School and the College of Arts & Sciences.

Early Life & Education

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Negrón-Reichard was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. During his secondary education, he gained early exposure to public service through internships at several Puerto Rican government institutions, including the Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico and the Senate of Puerto Rico.

He attended the University of Pennsylvania, completing the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business with dual degrees: a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the College of Arts and Sciences, with a minor in French. His undergraduate honors thesis examined Puerto Rico's fiscal crisis. He studied abroad for a semester in Lyon, France. During his university years, he completed internships at Puerto Rico's Government Development Bank and the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan.

He then completed a joint J.D.-MBA program at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, graduating from the latter with Honors. While at Harvard, he served as co-president of the student body and worked at the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and the fintech startup Minu in Mexico City.

Negrón-Reichard spoke at both his business school[1] and undergraduate graduations.[2] At the undergraduate graduation ceremony that year, Lin-Manuel Miranda was the commencement speaker, which prompted a first-in-history event where both the commencement speaker and the Wharton graduation speaker were Puerto Rican.[3]

Career

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Negrón-Reichard began his career as a strategy consultant at Accenture in New York. There, he led strategic consulting engagements across sectors, notably working with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in Geneva to architect sustainable economy initiatives alongside global corporate partners. His portfolio included developing cybersecurity frameworks for major utilities and creating complex analytical models for financial institutions during mergers and acquisitions.

In 2017, he joined the Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico, where he rose to the position of Chief of Staff.[4] In this role, he worked on stakeholder relations with the Government of Puerto Rico and its agencies, municipal leaders, and many other stakeholders during the debt restructuring process. He led the team charged with organizing public hearings on the status of reforms, including government agency consolidation efforts, improvements to educational outcomes, and measures to advance Puerto Rico’s economy.

He currently serves as an Advisor to the Mayor of Boston,[5] focusing on strategic priorities, goal setting and monitoring, economic development and business attraction, and permitting reform. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia.

Negrón-Reichard and his siblings own a cold-pressed juice company in Puerto Rico.

Leadership

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Negrón-Reichard has held several leadership positions in academic and civic organizations. He serves as a Board Member of the Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society,[6] a cooperative with over $35 million in sales.[7] He is the previous president of the Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association. In 2017, he co-founded Students with Puerto Rico, a college campus initiative that raised over $200,000 for hurricane relief efforts following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The campaign reached over 100 universities and received support from public figures including Jimmy Fallon.[8]

Negrón-Reichard has been featured in Forbes,[9] CNN, Harvard Business School Magazine,[10] El Nuevo Día, El Vocero,[11] and The Weekly Journal.[12]

Awards

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Negrón-Reichard graduated as valedictorian from Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola in San Juan. During his time at the University of Pennsylvania, he was inducted into the Cipactli Honor Society,[13] the Friars Senior Society,[14] and received the Spade Award,[15] which is presented to senior men elected by their class for outstanding achievements and contributions to university life. At the Wharton School, he received the Vice Dean's Award for Service to the School. He was selected as the student speaker at both his University of Pennsylvania undergraduate graduation[16] and Harvard Business School graduation.[17] At Harvard Business School, he graduated with Distinction, an honor awarded to the top academic performers in the class.

Publications

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Academic Papers

  • "The CHIPS Program Office" (co-authored with Professor Mitch Weiss, Harvard Business School, 2024)[18]
  • "Puerto Rico & Federal Bankruptcy Law" (Harvard Latin American Law Review, 2022)[19]

Opinion and Policy Papers

  • "President Biden is not living up to his promise to treat all Puerto Ricans equally"[20] (Miami Herald)
  • "Puerto Rico's Energy Opportunity of a Lifetime" (not published)
  • "Federal-State Relations in U.S. Maritime Boundary Management and the Unique Cases of Florida, Texas, and Puerto Rico" (not published)
  • "Harvard Graduation Reflection: One Last Assignment"[21] (LinkedIn)
  • "Buen paso hacia un gobierno digital y eficiente en Puerto Rico"[22] (El Nuevo Día)
  • "Insult Puerto Ricans and You'll Find Out"[23] (Al Día)
  • "The Prospect of Puerto Rico as the 51st State"[24] (Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association)

Personal Life

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Negrón-Reichard is the eldest of five children and is engaged to Beatriz Gorostiaga-Zubizarreta. His parents, Eduardo and María Soledad - both CPAs and lawyers - were raised in San Sebastián and Aguadilla, respectively. Negrón-Reichard comes from a family with a long history of public service in Puerto Rico. His father, Eduardo Negrón-Méndez, served as Deputy Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Treasury.[25] His grandfather, Hector Reichard, served as Attorney General of Puerto Rico.[26] His paternal great-grandfathers were members of Puerto Rico's Constituent Assembly.[27]

References:

  1. ^ "2023 Class Day Student Association Co-Presidents - Harvard Business School".
  2. ^ "Wharton Class of 2016 Graduation Speech". 19 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Brilla graduado boricua al dictar discurso junto a Lin-Manuel Miranda". 29 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Rethinking the Cost of Student Life at HBS". 31 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Harvard Business School Announces 2024-25 Leadership Fellows". 22 May 2024.
  6. ^ https://www.thecoop.com/board-of-directors?srsltid=AfmBOoohkwciOqoWnmql_NUhic9Wv5byVrjdzhRAYjxP90oVbmuLy_cS
  7. ^ "Jodi Goldstein opens new chapter at the Coop bookstore - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe.
  8. ^ "How 800+ College Students Are Coming Together to Help Rebuild Puerto Rico". Forbes.
  9. ^ "How 800+ College Students Are Coming Together to Help Rebuild Puerto Rico". Forbes.
  10. ^ "From the Brink". 9 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Buscan atraer estudiantes puertorriqueños a estudiar negocios en Estados Unidos". 23 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Boosting Puerto Rican Presence in U.S. Business Schools". 23 August 2023.
  13. ^ "19th Class".
  14. ^ "Z2016 S. Negron | Friars Senior Society".
  15. ^ "Class of 2016 Ivy Stone".
  16. ^ "Wharton Class of 2016 Graduation Speech". 19 June 2016.
  17. ^ "2023 Class Day Student Association Co-Presidents - Harvard Business School".
  18. ^ "The CHIPS Program Office - Case - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School".
  19. ^ "The Exclusion of Puerto Rico's Municipalities from the 1984 Amendments to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code is Unconstitutional Because the Amendments Violate the Bankruptcy Clause and the Equal Protection Component of the U.S. Constitution". 18 June 2022.
  20. ^ https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article250447586.html
  21. ^ "One Last Assignment".
  22. ^ "Opinión | Buen paso hacia un gobierno digital eficiente en Puerto Rico". 4 January 2022.
  23. ^ "[Op-Ed] Insult Puerto Ricans and You'll Find Out". 29 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association".
  25. ^ https://iapconsulta.ocpr.gov.pr/OpenDoc.aspx?id=6e3f5b64-fc26-4b53-a238-f8016793901b&nombre=DA-00-14
  26. ^ "Secretarios | Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico".
  27. ^ "Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico".
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