Ambassador (Rtd) Howard Gutman is the Managing Director of The Gutman Group. His career has spanned the public and private sectors, both sides of the Atlantic and both sides of the political aisle, from K Street, to Silicon Valley, to Wall Street, to Hollywood, then to Brussels, the heart of the European Union and NATO, where he was dubbed by European press as “The Ambassador Who Makes Us Love America Again“. Howard talks with Jon about standing up for decency, fighting the damaging Foreign Dredge Act and his passionate pursuit of a solution for coastal protection, He discusses a very personal formula for moving on from atrocities, how he connected with an entire nation and his strategy for overcoming scandal.