Carolyn Farb is a successful professional fundraiser, self-styled as "The First Lady of Philanthropy." Farb has raised more than 35 million dollars for numerous charitable causes. [1][2]
She is a resident of River Oaks, a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, U.S.A.[3]
Farb has been called a socialite, a philanthropist, the "Queen of Houston," and a patron of the fine arts. Farb raised more than 1 million dollars for cancer research with a single gala (she is the first woman and first Texan to raise a million dollars in a single gala), helped to raise more than $3 million dollars in one campaign for the University of Houston, and worked with other notable Houston celebrities to raise more than half a million dollars for tsunami relief. [4] [5]
Carolyn also just published her first children's book, "Lucas Come to America" which was released in the summer of 2011.