Marney Morris is the founder of Animatrix

Sunny is mercury. She knows everyone.
 
Once, at PC Forum, while Sunny and I waited to check in, everybody stopped to laugh with her and hug her. I jokingly asked the girl registering us if she knew Sunny. "Of course," she replied. "She's my cousin."

That night, I watched the charity auction seated next to the king of auctions, Jay Walker of PriceLine. Because Sunny thought we should meet. She is the queen of connections.

When daydreaming about showing my new software to Autodesk, I mentioned it to Sunny. No problem. Of course. Sunny had gone to college with the CEO. One quick email, titled "connect and conspire," and Carl Bass and I had a wonderful meeting.

Sunny genuinely loves people as much as she loves the thrill of connections. Whether she is cooking for them, hosting events at her house, connecting with them around the world (and no one travels around the world as much as Sunny), she is a positive force for good. Her connections have helped foster the TED conference under Chris Anderson, Jacqueline Novogratz's Acumen Fund (by the way, she introduced those two, and they are now married—do you see what I mean?), and the World Science Festival, to name a very few.

She is spontaneous, smart, loyal, and trustworthy. Great qualities for a friend. Great qualities for connecting people who will become friends. She is a treasure.