What compels someone who has had a successful career in the private sector to suddenly leave it for a completely different foray into public service, and more specifically into serving their country?

How does the child of immigrants raised in a small working-class city rise to become the representative of the President of the United States in an important European country?

And while we hear about ambassadors all the time, what do we really know about what it's like to be a United States ambassador in a constantly changing and uncertain world? 

Robert Sherman - Boston lawyer, early volunteer for Barack Obama's first presidential campaign, and later appointee of President Obama to the post of U.S. Ambassador to Portugal - answers these questions and more in the latest episode of Higher Callings.

You can find Ambassador Sherman's law firm bio here: https://www.gtlaw.com/en/professionals/s/sherman-robert-a and his Wikipedia page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Sherman

If you have enjoyed the Higher Callings podcast, you might also enjoy Don's Substack Newsletter, Reflections of a Boston Lawyer, which you can find here: https://donaldfrederico.substack.com/