Sometimes the biggest influencers are the people you don’t see — those who are working behind the scenes in fascinating places or whose work is often anonymous. Featuring acclaimed pastry chef Lisa Donovan, letterpress poster maker Celene Aubry and cybersecurity expert Alexander Berta.
Recorded in Nashville Public Radio’s Studio C on April 30, 2015. Hear previous episodes of Movers & Thinkers on our website, Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music.
Lisa Donovan is a pastry chef and owner of Buttermilk Road Sunday Suppers. In 2011, as chef Sean Brock prepared to open Husk Nashville, he offered Lisa the position of pastry chef. There, she became a leader in classic Southern baking techniques and eventually grew to lead the pastry kitchens for both Husk Nashville and the original Husk in Charleston, S.C. Lisa’s recipes and writings have been published in Food & Wine Magazine, Saveur, Southern Living and The Washington Post.
Alexander Berta is an associate in KPMG LLP’s Forensic Technology service network. Alexander provides digital forensics and threat intelligence advisory services to KPMG clients, assisting in investigations involving identification, preservation, analysis and presentation of data. He spent his teen years studying the methodologies of hacking collectives around the world and gained a rare insight into how they operate. Alexander has devoted his work to help thwart their network intrusion efforts and expose their methodologies.
Celene Aubry is the manager at Hatch Show Print, one of America’s oldest letterpress show poster and design shops. In addition to overseeing the shop’s staff and operation, Celene is also guiding the development of additional Hatch Show Print programs and activities that leverage a classroom and gallery — two relatively new spaces — while still making posters for the customers whenever time allows. When the day’s work is done, Celene enjoys pursuing her quest to bring together the two outmoded processes of letterpress printmaking and hand-printed photographs.