Title Former Mayor of Palo Alto; Director of Corporate Citizenship Company Microsoft Bio Sid Espinosa is the director of philanthropy and civic engagement at Microsoft, based in California. His career has spanned the government, business and non-profit sectors. He is the former mayor of Palo Alto, CA, and was previously the director of global philanthropy at Hewlett-Packard Company. He has worked for a U.S. ambassador overseas, served as an aide to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno at the U.S. Department of Justice, and worked in the speechwriting and public liaison offices in the White House. He has served on numerous non-profit and industry boards of directors. Sid holds degrees from Wesleyan University and Harvard University.