Lynda Johnson Robb

Robb fondly lists her current profession as “professional volunteer.” She has served many organizations, always focusing on the condition of children and women. Robb became a founding member of the Board Reading is Fundamental Washington, D.C., in 1968 and has been on the board ever since. From 1996 until 2001, she served as the Chairman of the RIF Board of Directors. In addition to her work on behalf of RIF, she is president of the National Home Library Foundation. She also is a member of the board of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Foundation.

She attended George Washington University and is an honors graduate of the University of Texas, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. In 1992, she was inducted in the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Alpha Chapter of the District of Columbia.

Robb is the daughter of President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson. She is married to former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator Charles S. Robb, is the mother of three daughters, and has three grandchildren.