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    <title>topic Databricks Community Fellows – June 2026 Recap in Announcements</title>
    <link>https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/databricks-community-fellows-june-2026-recap/m-p/162585#M913</link>
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&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Monthly Recap • June 2026&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;H1 style="margin: 0 0 12px 0; color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 40px; letter-spacing: -0.5px;"&gt;Community &lt;SPAN&gt;Fellows&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H1&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0 0 8px 0; font-size: 16px; color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.9; max-width: 600px;"&gt;Community Fellows are Bricksters who show up – in the forums, for customers, and for the community.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.9; max-width: 600px;"&gt;Some months, that means going beyond the forums. &lt;STRONG style="color: #f9f7f4;"&gt;June was one of them&lt;/STRONG&gt; – Fellows brought their energy to &lt;STRONG style="color: #f9f7f4;"&gt;DAIS 2026&lt;/STRONG&gt;, staffing the Community booth, welcoming new members, and reminding summit-goers what it means to belong to something bigger.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;H3 style="margin-top: 0; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":bar_chart:"&gt;📊&lt;/span&gt; June by the &lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Numbers&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 15px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.7;"&gt;The forums didn't stop just because DAIS was in town. Fellows held the line.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;DIV style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 16px; margin-bottom: 8px;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="flex: 1 1 200px; background-color: #0b2026; border-radius: 12px; padding: 22px 18px; text-align: center; border-top: 4px solid #ff3621;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 34px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 1.1;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":direct_hit:"&gt;🎯&lt;/span&gt; 96&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px;"&gt;Questions Answered&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #eeede9; font-size: 11px; opacity: 0.75; line-height: 1.4;"&gt;Total technical questions answered by Fellows in June&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="flex: 1 1 200px; background-color: #0b2026; border-radius: 12px; padding: 22px 18px; text-align: center; border-top: 4px solid #ff3621;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 34px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 1.1;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":chart_increasing:"&gt;📈&lt;/span&gt; 54%&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px;"&gt;of Forum Answers&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #eeede9; font-size: 11px; opacity: 0.75; line-height: 1.4;"&gt;Share of all technical forum answers powered by Fellows&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="flex: 1 1 200px; background-color: #0b2026; border-radius: 12px; padding: 22px 18px; text-align: center; border-top: 4px solid #ff3621;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 34px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 1.1;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":high_voltage:"&gt;⚡&lt;/span&gt; 90%&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px;"&gt;SLA&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #eeede9; font-size: 11px; opacity: 0.75; line-height: 1.4;"&gt;Response time target met&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;!-- ============ LEADERBOARD ============ --&gt;
&lt;H3 style="margin-top: 40px; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":sports_medal:"&gt;🏅&lt;/span&gt; June &lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Leaderboard&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; font-size: 15px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.7;"&gt;The leaderboard reflects more than replies – it's a measure of showing up, consistently, wherever the community needs you.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 32px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":1st_place_medal:"&gt;🥇&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="width: 96px; height: 96px; border-radius: 50%; overflow: hidden; margin: 0 auto 12px auto; border: 3px solid #f59e0b;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="Ashwin_Profile_Pic.jpg" style="width: 400px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28832i37E6295954D5C817/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="Ashwin_Profile_Pic.jpg" alt="Ashwin_Profile_Pic.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #f59e0b; margin-bottom: 8px;"&gt;First&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #0b2026; margin-bottom: 2px;"&gt;Ashwin Varadharajan&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 13px; color: #ff3621; margin-bottom: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/216690"&gt;@Ashwin_DSA&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="display: inline-block; background: #f59e0b; color: #0b2026; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 18px; border-radius: 20px;"&gt;285 pts&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 32px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":2nd_place_medal:"&gt;🥈&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="width: 96px; height: 96px; border-radius: 50%; overflow: hidden; margin: 0 auto 12px auto; border: 3px solid #94a3b8;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="emma.jpeg" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28831i76ACEC3970B8C0DA/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="emma.jpeg" alt="emma.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #94a3b8; margin-bottom: 8px;"&gt;Second&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #0b2026; margin-bottom: 2px;"&gt;Emma Stowell&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 13px; color: #ff3621; margin-bottom: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/176516"&gt;@emma_s&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="display: inline-block; background: #94a3b8; color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 18px; border-radius: 20px;"&gt;83 pts&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 32px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":3rd_place_medal:"&gt;🥉&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="width: 96px; height: 96px; border-radius: 50%; overflow: hidden; margin: 0 auto 12px auto; border: 3px solid #b45309;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="Stefan.jpeg" style="width: 400px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28833iA31C71F706000385/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="Stefan.jpeg" alt="Stefan.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #b45309; margin-bottom: 8px;"&gt;Third&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #0b2026; margin-bottom: 2px;"&gt;Stefan Bjelcevic&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 13px; color: #ff3621; margin-bottom: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/167034"&gt;@stbjelcevic&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="display: inline-block; background: #b45309; color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 18px; border-radius: 20px;"&gt;67 pts&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #0b2026; margin-bottom: 14px; text-align: center;"&gt;A massive shout-out to:&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; padding: 7px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Louis Frolio&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/34815"&gt;@Louis_Frolio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; padding: 7px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Mohan Mathews&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/425"&gt;@MoJaMa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; padding: 7px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Anshu Roy&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/201130"&gt;@anshu_roy&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; padding: 7px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Sean Ludera&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/164172"&gt;@holysmokes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; padding: 7px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Wang Lu&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2230"&gt;@Lu_Wang_ENB_DBX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; padding: 7px 0;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Dipankar Kushari&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/38309"&gt;@dkushari&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;!-- ============ DAIS: FELLOWS IN THE FIELD ============ --&gt;
&lt;H3 style="margin-top: 40px; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":stadium:"&gt;🏟&lt;/span&gt;️ DAIS 2026: &lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Fellows in the Field&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 18px; font-size: 15px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.7;"&gt;June brought DAIS 2026, and Fellows didn't just attend – they showed up to work.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background-color: #0b2026; border-radius: 14px; padding: 32px 34px; margin-bottom: 22px; border-left: 6px solid #ff3621;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.5px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":handshake:"&gt;🤝&lt;/span&gt; The Community Booth&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #eeede9; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.65; opacity: 0.92; margin-bottom: 20px;"&gt;At the Databricks Community booth, Fellows volunteered as the face of the community, helping summit attendees discover, explore, and join. They answered questions on the spot, made first impressions count, and turned hallway conversations into real connections.&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="border-radius: 12px; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgba(249,247,244,0.15);"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="Databricks Community Team.png" style="width: 999px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28836iE3B5237B5F34B894/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="Databricks Community Team.png" alt="Databricks Community Team.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; text-align: center; margin-top: 8px;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Some of the Fellows and other boothies&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 14px;"&gt;A huge thank you to the Fellows who staffed the booth:&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dipankar Kushari&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/38309"&gt;@dkushari&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Aleksandra Chashchina&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/102072"&gt;@aleksandra_ch&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mitchell Grewer&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/197255"&gt;@Commitchell&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rahul Pathak&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/196676"&gt;@RahulPathakDBX&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sean Ludera&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/164172"&gt;@holysmokes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Marcelino Mayorga&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/127987"&gt;@mmayorga&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Louis Frolio&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/34815"&gt;@Louis_Frolio&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;TD style="width: 33.33%; background: rgba(249,247,244,0.08); border: 1px solid rgba(249,247,244,0.2); border-radius: 10px; padding: 12px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stefan Bjelcevic&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/167034"&gt;@stbjelcevic&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mohan Mathews&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/425"&gt;@MoJaMa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;!-- ============ JUDGES' TABLE ============ --&gt;
&lt;H3 style="margin-top: 40px; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":balance_scale:"&gt;⚖️&lt;/span&gt; Judges' Table: &lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;DAIS Community Virtual Contest&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 18px; font-size: 15px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.7;"&gt;Beyond the booth, the DAIS Community Virtual Contest called for Fellows in a different role.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-radius: 14px; padding: 28px 30px; margin-bottom: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(11,32,38,0.06);"&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="flex-shrink: 0; background: #ff3621; color: #fff; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; width: 60px; height: 60px; border-radius: 12px; text-align: center; line-height: 60px;"&gt;5&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="flex: 1; min-width: 220px; font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.85; line-height: 1.6;"&gt;Five Fellows took their place at the judges' table – bringing the same technical depth they bring to the forums every day. This is Fellows expertise put to work &lt;STRONG&gt;at the program level&lt;/STRONG&gt;.&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="border-top: 1px solid #eeede9; padding-top: 16px;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.6; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 14px;"&gt;Thank you to our judges:&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;TD style="width: 33.33%; background: #f9f7f4; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-radius: 10px; padding: 12px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #0b2026; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sean Ludera&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/164172"&gt;@holysmokes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD style="width: 33.33%; background: #f9f7f4; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-radius: 10px; padding: 12px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #0b2026; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stefan Bjelcevic&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/167034"&gt;@stbjelcevic&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD style="width: 33.33%; background: #f9f7f4; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-radius: 10px; padding: 12px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #0b2026; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mohan Mathews&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/425"&gt;@MoJaMa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD style="width: 50%; background: #f9f7f4; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-radius: 10px; padding: 12px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #0b2026; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Emma Stowell&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/176516"&gt;@emma_s&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD style="width: 50%; background: #f9f7f4; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-radius: 10px; padding: 12px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #0b2026; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Anshu Roy&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/201130"&gt;@anshu_roy&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;/TABLE&gt;
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&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- ============ FELLOWS HUB ============ --&gt;
&lt;H3 style="margin-top: 40px; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 8px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":rocket:"&gt;🚀&lt;/span&gt; Fellows Hub: &lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Still Going Strong&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background: #f9f7f4; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-radius: 12px; padding: 26px 30px; margin-bottom: 8px;"&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 15px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.85; line-height: 1.65;"&gt;Fellows Hub is the platform that powers the Fellows program. No big launches this month, just the program humming along the way it should. &lt;STRONG style="color: #ff3621;"&gt;That's the win.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;!-- ============ THANK YOU ============ --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background-color: #0b2026; border-radius: 12px; padding: 36px 40px; text-align: center; margin: 40px 0 8px 0;"&gt;
&lt;H3 style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 22px; margin: 0 0 10px 0;"&gt;Thank You, Fellows &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":folded_hands:"&gt;🙏&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="color: #eeede9; font-size: 16px; opacity: 0.9; margin: 0;"&gt;To every Fellow who showed up in June – in the forums, at the summit, behind the judge's table, and in everything that doesn't show up on a leaderboard, &lt;STRONG style="color: #ff3621;"&gt;THANK YOU&lt;/STRONG&gt;. This program is what it is because of you.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;H3 style="font-size: 20px; color: #0b2026; margin: 0 0 6px 0;"&gt;Bricksters, Interested in Becoming a Fellow?&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="font-size: 15px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.75; margin: 0 0 20px 0;"&gt;Behind every great community is a group of people who care enough to give their best – not because they have to, but because they know it matters. That's what being a Fellow is about.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;DIV style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 10px;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026;"&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #ff3621;"&gt;Drive Real Change&lt;/STRONG&gt; – directly shape the customer experience and feed insights back to Product.&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026;"&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #ff3621;"&gt;Be Seen for It&lt;/STRONG&gt; – recognized by leadership as a top-tier technical contributor.&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026;"&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #ff3621;"&gt;Sharpen Your Edge&lt;/STRONG&gt; – tackle the most complex, real-world Databricks challenges.&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;P style="margin-top: 20px; font-size: 14px; color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ready to join? Hit up the Community Team on Slack at #community and let's make it happen.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:25:27 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Tushar_Parekar</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2026-07-10T17:25:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Databricks Community Fellows – June 2026 Recap</title>
      <link>https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/databricks-community-fellows-june-2026-recap/m-p/162585#M913</link>
      <description>&lt;DIV style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; max-width: 900px; margin: auto; color: #0b2026; line-height: 1.6;"&gt;&lt;!-- ============ HERO ============ --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background-color: #0b2026; border-radius: 14px; padding: 44px 40px 40px; margin-bottom: 36px; position: relative; overflow: hidden;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="fellows-hub-logo.png" style="width: 72px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28840iE64BD79096ACD684/image-dimensions/72x72?v=v2" width="72" height="72" role="button" title="fellows-hub-logo.png" alt="fellows-hub-logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;DIV style="height: 4px; width: 64px; background: #ff3621; border-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 20px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;Monthly Recap • June 2026&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;H1 style="margin: 0 0 12px 0; color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 40px; letter-spacing: -0.5px;"&gt;Community &lt;SPAN&gt;Fellows&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H1&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0 0 8px 0; font-size: 16px; color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.9; max-width: 600px;"&gt;Community Fellows are Bricksters who show up – in the forums, for customers, and for the community.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 16px; color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.9; max-width: 600px;"&gt;Some months, that means going beyond the forums. &lt;STRONG style="color: #f9f7f4;"&gt;June was one of them&lt;/STRONG&gt; – Fellows brought their energy to &lt;STRONG style="color: #f9f7f4;"&gt;DAIS 2026&lt;/STRONG&gt;, staffing the Community booth, welcoming new members, and reminding summit-goers what it means to belong to something bigger.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- ============ STATS ============ --&gt;
&lt;H3 style="margin-top: 0; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":bar_chart:"&gt;📊&lt;/span&gt; June by the &lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Numbers&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 15px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.7;"&gt;The forums didn't stop just because DAIS was in town. Fellows held the line.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;DIV style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 16px; margin-bottom: 8px;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="flex: 1 1 200px; background-color: #0b2026; border-radius: 12px; padding: 22px 18px; text-align: center; border-top: 4px solid #ff3621;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 34px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 1.1;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":direct_hit:"&gt;🎯&lt;/span&gt; 96&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px;"&gt;Questions Answered&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #eeede9; font-size: 11px; opacity: 0.75; line-height: 1.4;"&gt;Total technical questions answered by Fellows in June&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="flex: 1 1 200px; background-color: #0b2026; border-radius: 12px; padding: 22px 18px; text-align: center; border-top: 4px solid #ff3621;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 34px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 1.1;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":chart_increasing:"&gt;📈&lt;/span&gt; 54%&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px;"&gt;of Forum Answers&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #eeede9; font-size: 11px; opacity: 0.75; line-height: 1.4;"&gt;Share of all technical forum answers powered by Fellows&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="flex: 1 1 200px; background-color: #0b2026; border-radius: 12px; padding: 22px 18px; text-align: center; border-top: 4px solid #ff3621;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 34px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 1.1;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":high_voltage:"&gt;⚡&lt;/span&gt; 90%&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px;"&gt;SLA&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #eeede9; font-size: 11px; opacity: 0.75; line-height: 1.4;"&gt;Response time target met&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- ============ LEADERBOARD ============ --&gt;
&lt;H3 style="margin-top: 40px; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":sports_medal:"&gt;🏅&lt;/span&gt; June &lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Leaderboard&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; font-size: 15px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.7;"&gt;The leaderboard reflects more than replies – it's a measure of showing up, consistently, wherever the community needs you.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;!-- 1st / 2nd / 3rd in sequence, equal boxes --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 16px; align-items: stretch; margin-bottom: 22px;"&gt;&lt;!-- 1st --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="flex: 1 1 180px; background: #fff; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-top: 5px solid #f59e0b; border-radius: 12px; padding: 24px 18px; text-align: center; box-shadow: 0 2px 12px rgba(11,32,38,0.08);"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 32px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":1st_place_medal:"&gt;🥇&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="width: 96px; height: 96px; border-radius: 50%; overflow: hidden; margin: 0 auto 12px auto; border: 3px solid #f59e0b;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="Ashwin_Profile_Pic.jpg" style="width: 400px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28832i37E6295954D5C817/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="Ashwin_Profile_Pic.jpg" alt="Ashwin_Profile_Pic.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #f59e0b; margin-bottom: 8px;"&gt;First&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #0b2026; margin-bottom: 2px;"&gt;Ashwin Varadharajan&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 13px; color: #ff3621; margin-bottom: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/216690"&gt;@Ashwin_DSA&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="display: inline-block; background: #f59e0b; color: #0b2026; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 18px; border-radius: 20px;"&gt;285 pts&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- 2nd --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="flex: 1 1 180px; background: #fff; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-top: 5px solid #94a3b8; border-radius: 12px; padding: 24px 18px; text-align: center; box-shadow: 0 2px 12px rgba(11,32,38,0.08);"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 32px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":2nd_place_medal:"&gt;🥈&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="width: 96px; height: 96px; border-radius: 50%; overflow: hidden; margin: 0 auto 12px auto; border: 3px solid #94a3b8;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="emma.jpeg" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28831i76ACEC3970B8C0DA/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="emma.jpeg" alt="emma.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #94a3b8; margin-bottom: 8px;"&gt;Second&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #0b2026; margin-bottom: 2px;"&gt;Emma Stowell&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 13px; color: #ff3621; margin-bottom: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/176516"&gt;@emma_s&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="display: inline-block; background: #94a3b8; color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 18px; border-radius: 20px;"&gt;83 pts&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- 3rd --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="flex: 1 1 180px; background: #fff; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-top: 5px solid #b45309; border-radius: 12px; padding: 24px 18px; text-align: center; box-shadow: 0 2px 12px rgba(11,32,38,0.08);"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 32px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":3rd_place_medal:"&gt;🥉&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="width: 96px; height: 96px; border-radius: 50%; overflow: hidden; margin: 0 auto 12px auto; border: 3px solid #b45309;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="Stefan.jpeg" style="width: 400px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28833iA31C71F706000385/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="Stefan.jpeg" alt="Stefan.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #b45309; margin-bottom: 8px;"&gt;Third&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #0b2026; margin-bottom: 2px;"&gt;Stefan Bjelcevic&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 13px; color: #ff3621; margin-bottom: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/167034"&gt;@stbjelcevic&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="display: inline-block; background: #b45309; color: #fff; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 18px; border-radius: 20px;"&gt;67 pts&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- Shout-out --&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background: #f9f7f4; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-left: 4px solid #ff3621; border-radius: 10px; padding: 20px 22px; margin-bottom: 8px;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #0b2026; margin-bottom: 14px; text-align: center;"&gt;A massive shout-out to:&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; padding: 7px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Louis Frolio&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/34815"&gt;@Louis_Frolio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; padding: 7px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Mohan Mathews&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/425"&gt;@MoJaMa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; padding: 7px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Anshu Roy&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/201130"&gt;@anshu_roy&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; padding: 7px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Sean Ludera&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/164172"&gt;@holysmokes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; padding: 7px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Wang Lu&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2230"&gt;@Lu_Wang_ENB_DBX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; padding: 7px 0;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Dipankar Kushari&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/38309"&gt;@dkushari&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;!-- ============ DAIS: FELLOWS IN THE FIELD ============ --&gt;
&lt;H3 style="margin-top: 40px; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":stadium:"&gt;🏟&lt;/span&gt;️ DAIS 2026: &lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Fellows in the Field&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 18px; font-size: 15px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.7;"&gt;June brought DAIS 2026, and Fellows didn't just attend – they showed up to work.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background-color: #0b2026; border-radius: 14px; padding: 32px 34px; margin-bottom: 22px; border-left: 6px solid #ff3621;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.5px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":handshake:"&gt;🤝&lt;/span&gt; The Community Booth&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #eeede9; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.65; opacity: 0.92; margin-bottom: 20px;"&gt;At the Databricks Community booth, Fellows volunteered as the face of the community, helping summit attendees discover, explore, and join. They answered questions on the spot, made first impressions count, and turned hallway conversations into real connections.&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="margin-bottom: 22px;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="border-radius: 12px; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgba(249,247,244,0.15);"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="Databricks Community Team.png" style="width: 999px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28836iE3B5237B5F34B894/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="Databricks Community Team.png" alt="Databricks Community Team.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; text-align: center; margin-top: 8px;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Some of the Fellows and other boothies&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 14px;"&gt;A huge thank you to the Fellows who staffed the booth:&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dipankar Kushari&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/38309"&gt;@dkushari&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;TD style="width: 33.33%; background: rgba(249,247,244,0.08); border: 1px solid rgba(249,247,244,0.2); border-radius: 10px; padding: 12px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Aleksandra Chashchina&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/102072"&gt;@aleksandra_ch&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mitchell Grewer&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/197255"&gt;@Commitchell&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rahul Pathak&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/196676"&gt;@RahulPathakDBX&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;TD style="width: 33.33%; background: rgba(249,247,244,0.08); border: 1px solid rgba(249,247,244,0.2); border-radius: 10px; padding: 12px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sean Ludera&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/164172"&gt;@holysmokes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;TD style="width: 33.33%; background: rgba(249,247,244,0.08); border: 1px solid rgba(249,247,244,0.2); border-radius: 10px; padding: 12px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Marcelino Mayorga&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/127987"&gt;@mmayorga&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Louis Frolio&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/34815"&gt;@Louis_Frolio&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;TD style="width: 33.33%; background: rgba(249,247,244,0.08); border: 1px solid rgba(249,247,244,0.2); border-radius: 10px; padding: 12px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stefan Bjelcevic&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/167034"&gt;@stbjelcevic&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mohan Mathews&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff9e94; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/425"&gt;@MoJaMa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;!-- ============ JUDGES' TABLE ============ --&gt;
&lt;H3 style="margin-top: 40px; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":balance_scale:"&gt;⚖️&lt;/span&gt; Judges' Table: &lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;DAIS Community Virtual Contest&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 18px; font-size: 15px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.7;"&gt;Beyond the booth, the DAIS Community Virtual Contest called for Fellows in a different role.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;DIV style="background: #fff; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-radius: 14px; padding: 28px 30px; margin-bottom: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(11,32,38,0.06);"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 16px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 16px;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="flex-shrink: 0; background: #ff3621; color: #fff; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; width: 60px; height: 60px; border-radius: 12px; text-align: center; line-height: 60px;"&gt;5&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="flex: 1; min-width: 220px; font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.85; line-height: 1.6;"&gt;Five Fellows took their place at the judges' table – bringing the same technical depth they bring to the forums every day. This is Fellows expertise put to work &lt;STRONG&gt;at the program level&lt;/STRONG&gt;.&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.6; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 14px;"&gt;Thank you to our judges:&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #0b2026; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sean Ludera&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/164172"&gt;@holysmokes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;TD style="width: 33.33%; background: #f9f7f4; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-radius: 10px; padding: 12px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #0b2026; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stefan Bjelcevic&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/167034"&gt;@stbjelcevic&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;TD style="width: 33.33%; background: #f9f7f4; border: 1px solid #eeede9; border-radius: 10px; padding: 12px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #0b2026; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mohan Mathews&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/425"&gt;@MoJaMa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #0b2026; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Emma Stowell&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/176516"&gt;@emma_s&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="color: #0b2026; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Anshu Roy&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/201130"&gt;@anshu_roy&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;!-- ============ FELLOWS HUB ============ --&gt;
&lt;H3 style="margin-top: 40px; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 8px;"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":rocket:"&gt;🚀&lt;/span&gt; Fellows Hub: &lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Still Going Strong&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
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&lt;P style="margin: 0; font-size: 15px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.85; line-height: 1.65;"&gt;Fellows Hub is the platform that powers the Fellows program. No big launches this month, just the program humming along the way it should. &lt;STRONG style="color: #ff3621;"&gt;That's the win.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;!-- ============ THANK YOU ============ --&gt;
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&lt;H3 style="color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 22px; margin: 0 0 10px 0;"&gt;Thank You, Fellows &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":folded_hands:"&gt;🙏&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="color: #eeede9; font-size: 16px; opacity: 0.9; margin: 0;"&gt;To every Fellow who showed up in June – in the forums, at the summit, behind the judge's table, and in everything that doesn't show up on a leaderboard, &lt;STRONG style="color: #ff3621;"&gt;THANK YOU&lt;/STRONG&gt;. This program is what it is because of you.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;H3 style="font-size: 20px; color: #0b2026; margin: 0 0 6px 0;"&gt;Bricksters, Interested in Becoming a Fellow?&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;P style="font-size: 15px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.75; margin: 0 0 20px 0;"&gt;Behind every great community is a group of people who care enough to give their best – not because they have to, but because they know it matters. That's what being a Fellow is about.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026;"&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #ff3621;"&gt;Drive Real Change&lt;/STRONG&gt; – directly shape the customer experience and feed insights back to Product.&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026;"&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #ff3621;"&gt;Be Seen for It&lt;/STRONG&gt; – recognized by leadership as a top-tier technical contributor.&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV style="font-size: 14px; color: #0b2026;"&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #ff3621;"&gt;Sharpen Your Edge&lt;/STRONG&gt; – tackle the most complex, real-world Databricks challenges.&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;P style="margin-top: 20px; font-size: 14px; color: #ff3621; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ready to join? Hit up the Community Team on Slack at #community and let's make it happen.&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:25:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/databricks-community-fellows-june-2026-recap/m-p/162585#M913</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tushar_Parekar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2026-07-10T17:25:27Z</dc:date>
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