Meet Our Team
 

Lori is a counselor, award-winning docu-training producer, speaker, writer, trainer, and SEL curriculum developer, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of All It Takes. Everyone, adult and young people, need nurturing relationships to learn how to navigate through life with resiliency and joy - this is Lori's commitment to those she serves.

Rikke joined the All It Takes team in 2023, focusing on the operations side of the business. With decades of experience at highly successful startups, her priority is to keep everything running smoothly so AIT can continue its mission. In her spare time, she loves hanging out with her family and friends, camping at the beach, and wine tasting.

Seamus has been working for AIT since 2022, and in that time he has been all over California coordinating programs, from Compton to Santa Cruz. Seamus studied graphic design at CSUCI where he began managing social media for local organizations as his senior project. When he isn’t working, Seamus loves making music and crying at Disney movies.

With a passion for experiential education, leadership development, and therapeutic recreation, Matt has dedicated his career to harnessing the power of hands-on learning to empower students, educators, and communities. As a Business Development Representative and Trainer at All It Takes (AIT), Matt brings a unique blend of program facilitation and outdoor leadership to expand the reach of AIT’s transformative programming across Southern California and beyond. 

Tanner began volunteering for AIT in 2010 when the organization was founded. In 2015 he joined the staff as an administrative assistant. Since then, he has risen through Director of Operations to Creative Director, collaborating to design and create AIT's curriculum, programming, and film projects. In his free time, Tanner enjoys his cats, gardening, and imagining cool things. 

Paige is currently pursuing a degree in advertising at the University of Oregon, with minors in both multimedia and business administration. She is thrilled to be a part of the AIT team and help share AIT's mission and values with the world through managing their social media accounts.

Sarah Bernson, a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, relationship coach, and trauma therapist, began with AIT as a volunteer in 2019 and later became a board director, facilitator, and trainer. Now on AIT’s advisory council, she works part-time in client relations and outreach. With a Master’s in educational psychology from Cal State Northridge, she started as a Pre-K teacher and camp director before supporting special needs families at Cedars Sinai. Since 2008, she has run a private practice focused on healing complex trauma.