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In this article I&#8217;ll trace this journey and describe the benefits of being on the LPI Board.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of my professional career, I have held various positions starting with Database Administrator and Database Developer, then later Associate Director of Databases and Director of Data Analytics. Now I am a Database Architect at a global trading firm, DRW Holdings, focused on PostgreSQL. Basically, I hold down a job that demands 200% of a person&#8217;s effort, then I put in another 200% contributing to and advocating for PostgreSQL and open source.<\/p>\n<p>I contribute to the development of PostgreSQL, and co-authored a book about it (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/979-8-8688-0069-6\">PostgreSQL Query Optimization: The Ultimate Guide to Building Efficient Queries<\/a><\/em>). I also host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/illinois-prairie-postgresql-user-group\/events\/313485638\/\">monthly meetups<\/a> at the Illinois Prairie PostgreSQL User Group (sponsored by an organization I cofounded and run, called <a href=\"https:\/\/prairiepostgres.org\/about-us\/\">Prairie Postgres<\/a>), and conferences, notably the upcoming https:\/\/2026.pg-data.org PG Data Conference 2026 in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>When LPI noticed my professional and volunteer contributions, they asked me to join their Board. I realized that seeing how a major, world-spanning certification organization runs could benefit the PostgreSQL community, because we are pursuing their own journey to offering certifications.<\/p>\n<p>For years, PostgreSQL developers have kept in sync with trends in databases, including <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.to\/tigerdata\/postgresql-extensions-turning-postgresql-into-a-vector-database-with-pgvector-38gd\">data types for the vectors used in AI<\/a>. Success has raised its profile among outsiders: PostgreSQL has become something to emulate!<\/p>\n<p>So PostgreSQL developers are routinely asked to recognize other databases (usually offered in the cloud) as compatible with PostgreSQL. The community realized that it needs to standardize what &#8220;PostgreSQL-compatible&#8221; means, to avoid brand dilution and improve the user and developer experience. The project has to introduce some rigor into defining what PostgreSQL is, and needs to create a community-certified compatibility program via open-source tests. LPI is a great place to learn more about testing and certification.<\/p>\n<p>Another factor that brings me to LPI is my devotion to training others. I have reached out to educational institutions for many years to promote free and open source software, particularly PostgreSQL.<\/p>\n<p>Computer science programs tend either to neglect databases or to teach proprietary databases offered at cheap educational rates by software vendors. In response, in the introduction to PostgreSQL Query Optimization, I wrote, &#8220;PostgreSQL originated in an academic environment and is maintained as an open source project, making it an ideal database for teaching relational theory and demonstrating database internals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is therefore my goal to overcome the hoary old prejudice against free software and to make PostgreSQL a standard for schools and universities. I spoke on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.socallinuxexpo.org\/scale\/23x\/presentations\/postgresql-and-academia-establishing-partnership\">PostgreSQL and Academia: Establishing Partnership&#8221; at this year&#8217;s SCALE conference<\/a>. LPI&#8217;s extensive Partnerships with trainers and universities makes it a useful forum for this mission.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, I see my contributions to the LPI Board as an extension of my goals as an advocate for my chosen software project. LPI gives its Board members a global forum, with Partners and connections on every continent, to spread the reach and use of free and open source software.<\/p>\n<p>If you are an LPI Member and want to apply for the Board of Directors,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpi.org\/board-of-directors-application-form-member-slate\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Database management brought me to Postgr &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpi.org\/ja\/blog\/2026\/04\/22\/why-i-joined-the-lpi-board-of-directors-henrietta-dombrovskaya\/\" class=\"button-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":37402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"country":[],"language":[304],"ppma_author":[610],"class_list":["post-37401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-none","language-english"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why I Joined the LPI Board of Directors - Henrietta Dombrovskaya - Linux Professional Institute (LPI)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From PostgreSQL to LPI Board: Henrietta Dombrovskaya on open source advocacy, certification, and education initiatives\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lpi.org\/ja\/blog\/2026\/04\/22\/why-i-joined-the-lpi-board-of-directors-henrietta-dombrovskaya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ja_JP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why I Joined the LPI Board of Directors - Henrietta Dombrovskaya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From PostgreSQL to LPI Board: Henrietta Dombrovskaya on open source advocacy, certification, and education initiatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lpi.org\/ja\/blog\/2026\/04\/22\/why-i-joined-the-lpi-board-of-directors-henrietta-dombrovskaya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Linux Professional Institute (LPI)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LPIConnect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-22T16:09:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-22T16:10:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lpi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/article-AGM-board-members_henrietta.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"994\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Henrietta Dombrovskaya\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lpiconnect\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lpiconnect\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u57f7\u7b46\u8005\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Henrietta Dombrovskaya\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"\u63a8\u5b9a\u8aad\u307f\u53d6\u308a\u6642\u9593\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3\u5206\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lpi.org\\\/ja\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/22\\\/why-i-joined-the-lpi-board-of-directors-henrietta-dombrovskaya\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lpi.org\\\/ja\\\/blog\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/22\\\/why-i-joined-the-lpi-board-of-directors-henrietta-dombrovskaya\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Henrietta Dombrovskaya\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lpi.org\\\/ja\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/76e378cac5b5412bcc3303682caa484a\"},\"headline\":\"Why I Joined the LPI Board of Directors &#8211; 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