​ABOUT Lynne

Lynne Dobson is a philanthropist, business owner and photojournalist who lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Greg Wooldridge. She worked for her family's iconic business, Whataburger Restaurants, serving on the board and in a community relations - marketing role, until they sold the company in 2019. A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, she had a 25-year career as an award-winning photojournalist for newspapers in Ohio, California and Texas. Since 2008, she has worked part-time as a humanitarian photographer supporting several global organizations: Terrewode Women's Fund, Free Wheelchair Mission, The African Children’s Choir, Living Goods, Water to Thrive, Libraries of Love, all based in Uganda; and Miracle Foundation, Madre, Women for Women International, based in India, the Middle East and East Africa. 

Lynne serves on her family's charity board, Tres Grace Family Foundation and on Tejemos Foundation, her and her husband's charity. She is especially passionate about Terrewode Women’s Fund where she assists in communication, media outreach and fundraising for Uganda’s first dedicated women’s obstetric fistula treatment hospital, which opened in 2019. She and Greg support numerous organizations in Austin and Texas and throughout the U.S- in the realms of healthcare, reproductive and civil rights, constitutional freedoms, journalism, art and music, education, child protection and parks preservation and growth. They have two adult children, Luke and Claire and a grandson. She is active in her Methodist church and loves traveling, gardening, running, hiking, yoga and snow-skiing.

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