Mary Ann is an artist, businesswoman and humanitarian. She lives in Dallas with her husband, Joshua Raymond Frenk. Together, they sponsor programs promoting human rights and clean environment, and launched the John Philp Thompson Foundation to support research for non-radiation/non-chemotherapy healing and cures for Glioblastoma.

President and founder of the Memnosyne Foundation, Mary Ann leads a mission to empower people from all walks of life to become conscious cultural creators in a global world through the sharing and enrichment of all knowledge.