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<\/a>In addition to his position as chairman of the Health Center board, Cloud is the chairman and CEO of the Cloud Co. LLC, a real estate and development and business investment firm. He currently serves on the board of directors of Northeast Utilities, The Phoenix Companies Inc., Ironwood Mezzanine Fund LP, UConn\u2019s Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, the Metro Hartford Alliance, and the Hartford Courant Foundation. He is the chairman of the Connecticut Health Foundation board, a former partner at the law firm of Robinson & Cole, and has an honorary doctorate from UConn.<\/p>\n
Cloud is the former president and CEO of the National Conference for Community and Justice, a human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry, and racism in America and promoting understanding among all races, religions, and cultures. He previously worked for Aetna Inc. as vice president for corporate public involvement and executive director of the Aetna Foundation. Cloud is a former two-term Connecticut state senator, and sponsored legislation creating the first Department of Housing for the State of Connecticut.<\/p>\n
“I am deeply honored to be among such a distinguished group of leaders representing a diverse set of backgrounds and geography of our state,\u201d said Cloud.<\/p>\n Andrews directs several critical administrative services at the Health Center, including Student Services, Information Technology, Facilities Management, and Campus Planning and Construction. She will play a key role in the Bioscience Connecticut initiative.<\/p>\n Prior to her current position, Andrews was director of organizational improvement at the Health Center. She previously served as a manager with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, and is a former commissioner of the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission. In addition, she also has an impressive legal, regulatory, compliance, and operational management background in the private sector, and is a graduate of both UConn and the UConn School of Law.<\/p>\n I am so proud to be recognized in this way by the NAACP, the oldest civil rights organization in the country,\u201d Andrews said. \u201cI will continue to support the NAACP\u2019s efforts to promote justice and equity throughout our state and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n Salome Raheim became dean of the UConn School of Social Work in 2008, and is co-chair of the Provost\u2019s Commission on Institutional Diversity. Prior to her arrival in Connecticut, Raheim served as senior associate to the president of the University of Iowa. Raheim\u2019s research has explored economic empowerment through self-employment, increasing individual and organizational cultural competence to promote diversity, inclusion, and equity, and improving the quality and effectiveness of services. She has written numerous publications and served as principal investigator on studies funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Victims of Crimes, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. She earned a bachelor of social work degree from Bowie State University, a historically black institution; a master of social work degree from the Catholic University of America; and a Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Iowa. Raheim was selected as the 2007 Council on Social Work Education Carl A. Scott Memorial Lecturer for her work and commitment to social and economic justice.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>