Mary Sharp Cronson is a noted New York philanthropist and is the founder and director of Works & Process dance program at the Guggenheim Museum.

Personal:
Daughter of the arts patron, the late Evelyn Sharp
Sister of the arts patron, the late Peter Jay Sharp

Trustee, Guggenheim Foundation
Board member, Miller Theatre
Board member, New York City Opera
Director emerita, New York City Ballet
Vice Chair, New York University, Department of French Advisory Board
Board member, French American Cultural Exchange
Trustee, American Friends of the Paris Opera & Ballet

Recipient, Erwin Piscator Award Honorary Award, 1999