Chris has always had a passion for sound and audio recording and production. After completing training at the International School of Audio Engineering in Brisbane, Australia, Chris began his career working as a Sound Recordist and Video Post Production Sound editor with The Audio Visual Unit of the Queensland Dept. of Health, producing training and educational programs. Later Chris left to pursue a freelance career producing training videos and programs for other government departments and private firms. As a musician, Chris transitioned to music production and recording, producing commercially released music albums, and collaborating informally with the Australian Broadcasting Commission's various radio programs to provide audio and music support for including national outside broadcasts and comedy musical segments. Later in 2003, Chris moved to the U.S., and with a change to home country came a change in career, but Chris continues his audio production work on a part-time basis working with clients to produce music albums, poetry, soundscapes, interviews, and voice-overs.
THE CAPSTONE co-creator, production editor, and podcast host, Dr. Lisa Trocchia uses she/her pronouns. Lisa is an interdisciplinary scholar, bringing expertise in Communication Studies, Sociology, critical theory, and the study of social networks and complex adaptive systems to her food systems perspectives. She is a sensory ethnographer and visual artist with research interests that include the performance of food, cultural foodways, and the modulation of affect embodied in food spaces. Lisa earned an M.S. in Sustainable Food Systems from Green Mountain College and holds a Ph.D. in the Social Ecology of Food from Ohio University. She is active internationally in food systems networks and food justice initiatives. In addition to her academic work, Lisa is a food system-focused social system network consultant offering support in network design, education, facilitation, and communication to develop social structures that activate equity, collaboration, and self-organizing.
