# Participants of the Ansible Release Management Mentorship Program, 2025

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/participants-of-the-ansible-release-management-mentorship-program-2025/44516>\
**Category:** Project Discussions\
**Tags:** community, release-management, open-source, mentorship, mentorship-program-2\
**Created:** [September 19, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/participants-of-the-ansible-release-management-mentorship-program-2025/44516 "2025-09-19T12:38:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/participants-of-the-ansible-release-management-mentorship-program-2025/44516/1 "2025-09-19T12:38:26Z")

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**Hej community,**

We are thrilled to announce the successful launch of the inaugural **Ansible Release Management Mentorship Program, 2025!**

The community’s response was truly overwhelming. Just **six days** after announcing the program, we kicked off with **8 contributors/mentees** from around the globe.

This first cohort is incredibly diverse:

- They come from various professional and educational backgrounds, from **sysadmins to programmers** and **experienced professionals to students.**
- The members belong to different **time zones** and collectively speak **5 different languages.**

Participants of the Ansible Release Management Mentorship Program, 2025:

- Diya Banerjee
- Jason Braganza
- Abhay Dandge
- Sutapa Bhattacharjee
- Kevin Wincott
- Gauri Kulkarni
- Ashish S Bhavsar
- Sidhant Bote

We are incredibly humbled to have all of you.

Thank you.