Investment Corporation [3] and CMS Realty Company, where he was responsible for investment decisions in a wide variety of areas; He was president of the Sobel Family Foundation, which contributes to numerous charities, including those supporting children in need. He was a founder and board member of Norcrown Bank in Roseland, New Jersey. Sobel is the independent director of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.[7][8] Presidential appointments By presidential appointment Sobel served on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington, D.C., between 1994 and 1998. From 1987 to 1989, he was appointed to the U.S. Government Industry Sector International Trade Board. He was on the advisory boards of Empower America and the Republican Leadership Council, and served on the board and as a member of the policy committee of Business Executives for National Security (BENS). In 1995, he was asked to testify before Congress on fast-track international trade treaties, and from 1993 to 1997, he served as a Secretary of Defense appointment to the board of visitors of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. On July 3, 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Sobel to be the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands. He was sworn in by Secretary of State Colin Powell on November 8, 2001. On December 5, 2001, he presented his credentials to Her Majesty Queen Beatrix. Sobel was the 62nd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands. On May 23, 2006, President George W. Bush nominated Sobel to be the United States Ambassador to Brazil. On June 29, 2006, his nomination was confirmed by the Senate, and on July 20, 2006, he was sworn in by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He presented his credentials to the Brazilian Foreign Ministry on August 2, 2006. Ambassador Sobel was the 53rd Chief of Mission to Brazil. He resigned as ambassador in August 2009. President George W. Bush appointed Sobel to serve on the Honorary Delegation to accompany him to Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel in May 2008. Republican Party work He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1996 and in 2000, and served on the Platform Committee and the Sub-Committee on Foreign Policy in 2000. He served as the New Jersey financial chairman of the primary and presidential campaigns for then-Governor George W. Bush. In 1998, he accompanied Governor Bush on a fact-finding mission to Israel. The Sobel