--- title: "Python Software Foundation News: Nina Zakharenko: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview" url: https://daily.dev/posts/python-software-foundation-news-nina-zakharenko-2026-psf-board-election-candidate-interview-zylfvrt2x source_url: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/nina-zakharenko-2026-psf-board-election.html type: article source: "Python Software Foundation" published: 2026-08-25T12:56:08.907Z updated: 2026-08-25T12:56:34.700Z tags: ["python", "open-source"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Python Software Foundation News: Nina Zakharenko: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview **[Python Software Foundation](https://daily.dev/sources/pyfound)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nina Zakharenko, a former PSF board member (2020-2023), shares her candidacy interview for the 2026 PSF Board election. She discusses her background at Microsoft and Google in open source and supply chain security, her prior board work on grants and membership tiers, and her priorities if re-elected: financial sustainability for the PSF, expanding global outreach, and addressing how AI tools are changing how people learn and contribute to open source Python projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Python Software Foundation News: Georgi Ker: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview](https://daily.dev/posts/python-software-foundation-news-georgi-ker-2026-psf-board-election-candidate-interview-1gffnvhqq) · Python Software Foundation · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Python Software Foundation News: Elaine Wong: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview](https://daily.dev/posts/python-software-foundation-news-elaine-wong-2026-psf-board-election-candidate-interview-vbjvg6te6) · Python Software Foundation · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Python Software Foundation News: Kalyan Prasad: 2026 PSF Board Election Candidate Interview](https://daily.dev/posts/python-software-foundation-news-kalyan-prasad-2026-psf-board-election-candidate-interview-bsokts7kj) · Python Software Foundation · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/python-software-foundation-news-nina-zakharenko-2026-psf-board-election-candidate-interview-zylfvrt2x)