Selena Deckelmann is a [major contributor to PostgreSQL][2] and a data architect at Mozilla. She's been involved with free and open source software since 1995 and began running conferences for PostgreSQL in 2007. In 2012, she founded [PyLadiesPDX][3], a Portland chapter of [PyLadies][4]. She founded [Open Source Bridge][5], [Postgres Open][6] and speaks internationally about open source, databases and community. She is an advisor to the [Ada Initiative][7], an organization dedicated to increasing the participation of women in open source and technology communities. You can find her on twitter (@[selenamarie][8]) and on [her blog][9]. She also [keeps chickens][10] and gives a lot of [technical talks][11]. [1]: http://www.chesnok.com/daily/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/image-1.jpeg [2]: http://www.postgresql.org/community/contributors/ [3]: http://www.meetup.com/PyLadies-PDX/ [4]: http://pyladies.com [5]: http://opensourcebridge.org [6]: http://postgresopen.org [7]: http://adainitiative.org/ [8]: http://twitter.com/selenamarie [9]: http://chesnok.com/daily [10]: http://blip.tv/aj-/selena-deckelmann-how-to-kill-three-chickens-in-three-years-1805373 [11]: http://www.chesnok.com/daily/conferences/