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@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ For information about the governance of the Node.js project, see
 **Jeremiah Senkpiel** &lt;fishrock123@rocketmail.com&gt;
 * [gabrielschulhof](https://github.com/gabrielschulhof) -
 **Gabriel Schulhof** &lt;gabriel.schulhof@intel.com&gt;
+* [gireeshpunathil](https://github.com/gireeshpunathil) -
+**Gireesh Punathil** &lt;gpunathi@in.ibm.com&gt; (he/him)
 * [joyeecheung](https://github.com/joyeecheung) -
 **Joyee Cheung** &lt;joyeec9h3@gmail.com&gt; (she/her)
 * [mcollina](https://github.com/mcollina) -