[2] Leno keeps a low profile in comparison to her husband, choosing instead to work behind the scenes of the non-profit groups she supports and runs.

[3] Leno has been the chair of the Feminist Majority Foundation's Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan since 1997.

[4] The organization successfully protested the construction of an oil pipeline through Afghanistan, which could potentially have brought in billions of dollars to the Taliban.

[7] In January 2024, Jay Leno filed a petition for conservatorship of Mavis's estate, stating she has dementia.

[8] According to a report for the court written by a neurologist, she experiences periods of disorientation and at times does not know who her husband is or her own date of birth.