Lynne Martine Patton is the head of Region II of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. She was an executive for the Eric Trump Foundation and a senior assistant to Eric, Ivanka Trump, and Donald Trump and in July 2016 she released a video on YouTube in support of Donald Trump. She spoke out against his critics and defended his Immigration stances.

In June 2017 , she was appointed by President Donald Trump to head Region II of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees New York and New Jersey.

Her father is a Doctor and her mother a Foreign language Teacher.

After experiencing Hurricane Andrew as an undergraduate student at the University of Miami, Lynne trained with the American Red Cross to become a Mass Disaster Shelter Supervisor. Since then, Lynne has responded to such natural disasters as the Northridge Earthquake in California and Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana. In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Lynne operated two (2) mass disaster trauma shelters in New Orleans and St. Tammany Parish and played a vital role in identifying permanent homes for hundreds of homeless families in conjunction with Fema.

Lynne graduated from the University of Miami with a BA in English literature, and attended Quinnipiac University School of Law.

After graduation, she worked as a Paralegal, and was an aspiring Actresses in Los Angeles, California before becoming part of the Trump family. Prior to joining The Trump Organization in 2009, Lynne was Head Paralegal of Product Liability at Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Strauss, LLC, and a White Collar/SEC Litigation Legal Assistant at Day Pitney, LLP.

Lynne also serves on The Eric Trump Foundation Board of Directors and raises money for several additional non-profit organizations, including Kids In Crisis, New York State Troopers' Benevolent Foundation/Signal 30, The Staten Island Zoological Society, North Shore Animal League America and The Nephcure Foundation.

As VP, Lynne works in tandem with the Executive Director/President of the Foundation to oversee all operations, volunteers, events, outreach, social media, vendors & corporate partnerships.

She assists with the planning of all major fundraising events for ETF and helps acquire celebrity entertainment and high-end donations.

She also works to identify & develop viable partnerships and research projects for ETF in conjunction with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

In her role as Senior Assistant to Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump & Donald Trump Jr., Lynne oversees all secondary staff and internal operations for the 25th Floor, Trump Tower, and provides primary personal assistance to Eric F. Trump and secondary personal assistance to Donald J. Trump, Jr., and Ivanka Trump, including calendar appointments, media appearances, travel, expenses, purchases, event coordination, contact/engagements, as well as home & business responsibilities, in conjunction with two (2) other primary assistants.

Lynne Patton played a critical role in ETF's decision to donate $20 million dollars specifically for the construction of The Eric Trump Foundation Surgery & ICU Center. Lynne oversees all social media responsibilities for The Eric Trump Foundation and assists the Trump family with respect to the same. Lynne played a primary role in helping to cast the 2012 & 2014 seasons of The Celebrity Apprentice, as produced by Mark Burnett Productions, NBC and Trump Productions.

She lives in New York with her longtime boyfriend, Andrew, and their two rescue cats.