Open Hearts Gala

Randy Jackson and Jane Seymour

Angela Rockwood with Open Hearts Award recipient David Richard

Debbie Gibson

Flynn Adams and Kris Keach, children of Jane Seymour

Michelle Zuiker, Jane Seymour and Anthony E. Zuiker

Open Hearts Gala Emcee Mindy Burbano-Stearns with Open Hearts Award recipient Laure Woods

Steve Levitan and Patricia Heaton (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Open Hearts Foundation)

Mrs. Glen (Kim) Campbell with Robin Severn Fischette and Wendy Miller Hughes

Arlene Inch, Lisa Najarian and Elaine Mellis (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Open Hearts Foundation)

Blake Patterson and Lucy Wu

Jane Seymour gathered with family and friends for her Open Hearts Foundation celebration at the SLS Hotel Beverly Hills on October 21, 2017, and at her Malibu home the next day. Emmy Award winner Patricia Heaton, singer and songwriter Debbie Gibson, American Idol judge Randy Jackson, creator of Modern Family Steve Levitan, and creator of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Anthony Zuiker, just to name a few celebrity friends, provided introductions for six remarkable Open Hearts Award recipients.

Honorees included six individuals from three different nonprofit organization:

• Laure Woods: Founder and President, Bay Area Lyme Foundation
• Founder Yudi Bennett, Executive Director Ernie Merlan and Executive Producer Susan Zwerman of Exceptional Minds
• Founder David Richard and Chairman of the Board Drew Plotkin of Global Mobility USA.

Scenes from the Benefactor Luncheon at Jane Seymour’s Malibu Home:

Annalynne Mccord with Johnny Keach and his mother, Jane Seymour

Katie Flynn, daughter of Jane Seymour

Brian Maloney and Lisa Walsh

Drake Hogestyn, Victoria Hogestyn, Brian Cobb, Denise Cobb

Ashley Campbell, daughter of Glen Campbell

Joyce Burbano, David Green, Jake Green, Mindy Burbano Stearns, Eric Burbano, Glenn Stearns

Julie Gallo Vander Wall and Vickie Traina Polatnick

Keith Harkin performed on the Ovation Glen Campbell model guitar

Open Hearts Award recipient Drew Plotkin of Global Mobility USA with his wife Carey Grange

Open Hearts Award recipients Ernie Merlan of Exceptional Minds and David Richard of Global Mobility USA

Open Hearts Foundation Executive Director Elaine Mellis

Noah Bennett, Jane Seymour and Open Hearts Award recipients Yudi Bennett and Susan Zwerman of Exceptional Minds

Open Hearts Foundation is a social impact accelerator founded by Jane Seymour in 2010. Open Hearts Foundation aims to empower emerging and growing nonprofit organizations whose origins and mission are consistent with the precepts of the Open Hearts philosophy. The Foundation, by providing expertise, resources and tools, enables these nonprofits to not only raise their profile but also further their missions and objectives.

Photo Credit: Hamid Moslehi Photography