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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.