Sid is active in many organizations dedicated to service in the areas of economic development and education. He served as general counsel to the National Association of Investment Companies, the leading trade association for investors in ethnically diverse companies for over a decade, and he is a Charter Member of The Marathon Club, an organization focused on increasing investment of capital into businesses with significant minority ownership or management. Sid has chaired the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce Incubator Advisory Board and has served as a Commissioner on the Virginia Governor’s Commission on Minority Business Enterprise. Sid currently chairs the board of directors of Global Nomads Group, and serves on the boards of Pahara Institute and Alder Graduate School of Education. He is on the Advisory Board for the St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning, and is an assistant coach for the school's girls varsity basketball team. His past education focused activities include serving as the inaugural board chair and Senior Advisor for Bellwether Education Partners; Senior Consultant to Charter Board Partners; and chair of the Multicultural Affairs Committee on the Phillips Academy, Andover Alumni Council.