**Exhibit31.1**

***Certificationof the PresidentPursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act***

I, Paul M. Ferguson, President, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form10-QSB of Solera National Bancorp, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periodspresented in this report;

4. The small business issuer’s other certifyingofficer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the smallbusiness issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to usby others within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared; and

(b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the smallbusiness issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in thisreport our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

(c) Disclosed in this report any changes in thesmall business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurredduring the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the smallbusiness issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) thathas materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially effect, thesmall business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The small business issuer’s other certifyingofficer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’sauditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknessesin the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting whichare reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’s abilityto record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in the smallbusiness issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.
| Date:  November 13, 2007 | /s/  Paul M. Ferguson          |
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|                     | Paul  M. Ferguson              |
|                     | President                      |
|                     | (Principal  Executive Officer) |

 

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