diff --git a/.github/workflows/members_check.yml b/.github/workflows/members_check.yml
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+name: Check members.md listings
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - 'content/foundation/members.md'
+      - 'members_check.py'
+      - '.github/workflows/members_check.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'content/foundation/members.md'
+      - 'members_check.py'
+      - '.github/workflows/members_check.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+jobs:
+  members-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: |
+          python3 members_check.py
diff --git a/members_check.py b/members_check.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+#
+
+# Check contents of members.md to ensure entries are valid ids and in the correct section
+# Intended to be run by a GitHub Action, but can also be run from a local checkout
+
+import sys
+import requests
+
+MEMBER_INFO = 'https://whimsy.apache.org/public/member-info.json'
+MEMBERS_MD ='content/foundation/members.md'
+
+def main():
+    member_info = requests.get(MEMBER_INFO).json()
+    members = member_info['members']
+    ex_members = member_info['ex_members']
+    errors = 0
+    with open(MEMBERS_MD, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as md:
+        section = None
+        for line in md:
+            if line.startswith('| Id | Name | Projects |'):
+                section = 'members'
+                print("Checking members section")
+                continue
+            elif line.startswith('| Id | Name |'):
+                section = 'emeritus'
+                print("Checking emeritus section")
+                continue
+            elif len(line.strip()) == 0:
+                section = None
+                continue
+            elif line.startswith('|---'):
+                continue
+            if section is None:
+                continue
+            if not line.startswith('| '):
+                print("Unexpected format:")
+                print(line.strip())
+                errors += 1
+            parts = line.strip().split('|')
+            parts.pop(0)
+            availid = parts.pop(0).strip()
+            name = parts.pop(0).strip()
+            if section == 'members':
+                if not availid in members:
+                    print(f"Not listed in members: {availid} {name} Status: {ex_members.get(availid, 'Unknown')}")
+                    errors += 1
+            elif section == 'emeritus':
+                if availid != '?' and not availid in ex_members:
+                    if availid in members:
+                        status = 'ASF Member'
+                    else:
+                        status = 'Unknown'
+                    print(f"Not listed in ex_members: {availid} {name} Status: {status}")
+                    errors += 1
+    if errors > 0:
+        print(f"Detected {errors} error(s). ")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    else:
+        print("No errors detected")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()