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February 21, 2021 / 2021 Power 50

2021 Power 50: 41. The Cloud family

The Cloud family for decades has made its mark on Hartford.

Adam Cloud

Adam Cloud is currently the city treasurer, overlooking Hartford’s finances, which have been on shaky ground for years. During the pandemic, Adam has ably guided the city’s Hartford Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund (MERF). In fact, in December he announced that MERF exceeded $1.1 billion, the highest level during his 11-year tenure as city treasurer.

Adam has won re-election multiple times, proving some staying power. He was also the first Black man to serve as city treasurer.

But the real Cloud family power stems from the patriarch, Sandy Cloud Jr., a lawyer by trade who became the first Black barrister to work at law firm Robinson+Cole. He also served two terms in the state senate, became an Aetna executive and chaired or served on the boards of UConn Health, the Connecticut Health Foundation, Eversource and MetroHartford Alliance.

Sandy Cloud

Sandy Cloud is best known today as a developer. The Cloud Co. LLC is currently co-redeveloping Hartford’s old, rundown Westbrook Village housing complex, which has been renamed Village at Park River and will eventually include about 400 new rental housing units and homeownership opportunities and retail/commercial space in the city’s North End.

Occupancy of the project’s first phase, which includes 75 apartments, has already begun.

Sandy’s other son, Christopher Cloud, also works in the family business, is a lobbyist and partner at government relations firm Camilliere, Cloud & Kennedy, and was the former CEO and president of AMISTAD America Inc.

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