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See Appendix B for a full listing of Working Group members and other reviewers.  \n• Special thanks to Christian Rummell (Mentorist) and Victoria Mauer (Boys & Girls Clubs of America) for their additional review and feedback in the final stages.  \n• The many practitioners, researchers, MENTOR Affiliate staff members, and young people who took part in focus groups in 2023, providing critical input as we first conceptualized this work.  \nMENTOR would like to thank and honor the millions of mentoring professionals, young people, families and elders, volunteers, youth workers, funders, philanthropies, and researchers who make the magic of mentoring relationships happen every day for America’s young people. The mentoring movement is your movement. We hope this publication honors the mentoring programs you have built.  \nPREFERRED CITATION:  \nHerrera, C., Garringer, M., & Bennett, R. (2025) . Elements of effective practice for mentoring, 5th edition. 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