Craig Lewis Cloud is a U.S. diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Botswana.

[2][3] Cloud received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University in 1986.

He has served in multiple capacities including as the management counselor of the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan and minister counselor for management affairs at the United States Embassy in New Delhi, India.

[5] On August 13, 2018, President Trump nominated Cloud to be the next United States Ambassador to Botswana.

Ambassador to Botswana, he also served as the U.S. representative to the Southern African Development Community.