Five Degrees of Separation –

Mary Coleman has been a managing director with Walden International since 2002. She previously served as chief executive of RightWorks Corp., a software company acquired by i2 Technologies in the summer of 2001. One of RightWorks’ board members before the acquisition was …

Doug Leone, a general partner with Sequoia Capital. One of Leone’s earlier board seats was with Sentient Networks Inc., a provider of network switches that was bought by Cisco Systems Inc. in 1999. Also sitting on the Sentient board was …

Bandel Carano, a general partner with Oak Investment Partners. Carano works out of Oak’s Silicon Valley office, which means that he often talks with fellow Oak general partner …

Jerry Gallagher via telephone during Monday partnership meetings. Gallagher is a retail industry investor who has sat on the boards of both eStyle Inc. and Zany Brainy Inc. with …

Yves Sisteron, managing partner and co-founder of venture firm GRP Partners. Sisteron serves on the board of UGO Networks Inc., which has been run since late 1998 by CEO …

John “J” Moses, the former president of MTV Russia and BMG Interactive. Under Moses’ leadership, UGO garnered national headlines for launching a Web-a-Thon to raise money for …

Gary Coleman, the diminutive child star of Diff’rent Strokes who is running for governor of California. No word yet on which cabinet positions will be filled by “Willis” and “Mrs. Garrett.”