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@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ For information about the governance of the Node.js project, see
 **Gabriel Schulhof** <gabriel.schulhof@intel.com>
 * [jasnell](https://github.com/jasnell) -
 **James M Snell** <jasnell@gmail.com> (he/him)
+* [gireeshpunathil](https://github.com/gireeshpunathil) -
+**Gireesh Punathil** <gpunathi@in.ibm.com> (he/him)
 * [joyeecheung](https://github.com/joyeecheung) -
 **Joyee Cheung** <joyeec9h3@gmail.com> (she/her)
 * [mcollina](https://github.com/mcollina) -