Kenn Dudek,Fountain House president; Lynn Nicholas, honorees Lee Woodruff and Bob Woodruff at Fountain House's 2009 Luncheon in New York. Photo: Joe Schildorn/PatrickMcMullan.com
Background: In February 2007, LeeWoodruff and her husband ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff co-wrote a best selling memoir "In an Instant," chronicling his injuries in Iraq and how their family persevered through a time of intense trauma and uncertainty. The Woodruff family also established the Bob Woodruff Family Foundation for Traumatic Brain Injury (BWFF) to raise money to assist members of the military with cognitive rehabilitation and care following a traumatic brain injury suffered in service to their country.