Andrea Taylor is director of citizenship and public affairs for the Microsoft Corporation. She came to Microsoft in 2006 after serving as vice president of the Boston-based Education Development Center and president of the Benton Foundation in Washington, D.C. From 1988 to 1997 she directed the Ford Foundation’s media program, leaving the foundation to become managing founder and partner of Davis Creek Capital, a media and technology firm that helped companies to enhance opportunities for women and minorities by developing and executing strategic plans and raising capital. She is a trustee of Boston University (B.S., 1968), Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and New York Public Radio, and serves on the corporate committee of the Council on Foundations.

During her years in Cleveland, Taylor was president of Coastal Communications, a marketing and communications firm. She served as president of A Better Chance, Inc., a nationwide program that sought out talented minority students, vice president of United Way Services, president of YWCA Greater Cleveland and trustee of Hawken School and the Women’s Law Fund.