diff --git a/.github/user-profile-schema-validation.json b/.github/user-profile-schema-validation.json
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+{
+    "type": "object",
+    "properties": {
+        "name": { "type": "string" },
+        "github_username": { "type": "string" },
+        "opensearch_slack_username": { "type": "string" },
+        "company": { "type": "string" },
+        "job_title": { "type": "string" },
+        "location": { "type": "string" },
+        "profile_image": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^\\.\\./assets/profile-images/.*\\.jpg$"
+        },
+        "social_media_profiles": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "linkedin_id": { "type": "string" },
+                "twitter_id": { "type": "string" }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties": false
+        },
+        "personas": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                    "type": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "enum": [
+                            "author",
+                            "conference_speaker",
+                            "osci"
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    "details": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "properties": {
+                            "years": {
+                                "type": "array",
+                                "items": {
+                                    "type": "integer",
+                                    "enum": [2023, 2024]
+                                },
+                                "uniqueItems": true
+                            },
+                            "conference_ids": {
+                                "type": "array",
+                                "items": { "type": "string" },
+                                "uniqueItems": true
+                            }
+                        },
+                        "required": [],
+                        "additionalProperties": false
+                    }
+                },
+                "required": ["type"],
+                "additionalProperties": false
+            },
+            "uniqueItems": true
+        },
+        "description": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "maxLength": 255
+        }
+    },
+    "required": [
+        "name",
+        "github_username",
+        "opensearch_slack_username",
+        "company",
+        "job_title",
+        "description"
+    ],
+    "additionalProperties": false
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/user-profile-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/user-profile-validation.yml
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+name: Validate User Profiles
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'user-profiles/*.json'
+
+jobs:
+  json-yaml-validate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: json-yaml-validate
+        id: json-yaml-validate
+        uses: GrantBirki/json-yaml-validate@v3.2.1
+        with:
+          json_schema: '.github/user-profile-schema-validation.json'
+          comment: "true"
diff --git a/assets/profile-images/getsaurabh02.jpg b/assets/profile-images/getsaurabh02.jpg
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diff --git a/assets/profile-images/prudhvigodithi.jpg b/assets/profile-images/prudhvigodithi.jpg
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diff --git a/user-profiles/CMDWillYang.json b/user-profiles/CMDWillYang.json
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+{
+    "name": "Will Yang",
+    "github_username": "CMDWillYang",
+    "opensearch_slack_username": "Will Yang",
+    "company": "Purdue University",
+    "job_title": "Senior",
+    "personas": [
+        {
+            "type": "osci",
+            "details": {
+                "years": ["2023"]
+            }
+        }
+    ],
+    "description": "A senior at Purdue University studying CS!"
+}
diff --git a/user-profiles/getsaurabh02.json b/user-profiles/getsaurabh02.json
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+{
+    "name": "Saurabh Singh",
+    "github_username": "getsaurabh02",
+    "opensearch_slack_username": "Saurabh Singh",
+    "company": "AWS",
+    "job_title": "Software Development Manager",
+    "location": "Seattle WA",
+    "social_media_profiles": {
+        "linkedin_id": "getsaurabh02"
+    },
+    "personas": [
+        {
+            "type": "conference_speaker",
+            "details": {
+                "conference_ids": ["2023-north-america"]
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "author"
+        }
+    ],
+    "description": "Saurabh is a Software Development Manager at AWS leading the core search, release, and benchmarking areas of the OpenSearch Project. His passion lies in finding solutions for intricate challenges within large-scale distributed systems.",
+    "profile_image": "../assets/profile-images/getsaurabh02.jpg"
+}
diff --git a/user-profiles/prudhvigodithi.json b/user-profiles/prudhvigodithi.json
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+{
+    "name": "Prudhvi Godithi",
+    "github_username": "prudhvigodithi",
+    "opensearch_slack_username": "prudhvi godithi",
+    "company": "Amazon",
+    "job_title": "Software Development Engineer",
+    "location": "Seattle WA",
+    "social_media_profiles": {
+        "linkedin_id": "prudhvi-godithi",
+        "twitter_id": "PGodithi"
+    },
+    "personas": [
+        {
+            "type": "author"
+        }
+    ],
+    "description": "Prudhvi Godithi is an AWS Software Development Engineer working on the OpenSearch project.",
+    "profile_image": "../assets/profile-images/prudhvigodithi.jpg"
+}