diff --git a/classes/migration/upgrade/v3_5_0/I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole.php b/classes/migration/upgrade/v3_5_0/I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5345aed924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/migration/upgrade/v3_5_0/I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file classes/migration/upgrade/v3_5_0/I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole.php
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Simon Fraser University
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 John Willinsky
+ * Distributed under the GNU GPL v3. For full terms see the file docs/COPYING.
+ *
+ * @class I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole
+ *
+ * @brief Add new Editorial Board Member user group.
+ */
+
+namespace APP\migration\upgrade\v3_5_0;
+
+class I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole extends \PKP\migration\upgrade\v3_5_0\I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole
+{
+    protected function getContextTable(): string
+    {
+        return 'presses';
+    }
+
+    protected function getContextSettingsTable(): string
+    {
+        return 'press_settings';
+    }
+
+    protected function getContextIdColumn(): string
+    {
+        return 'press_id';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dbscripts/xml/upgrade.xml b/dbscripts/xml/upgrade.xml
index f5f6021233..d06c877abb 100644
--- a/dbscripts/xml/upgrade.xml
+++ b/dbscripts/xml/upgrade.xml
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@
 		<migration class="PKP\migration\upgrade\v3_5_0\I10292_UpdateControlledVocabAssocId"/>
 		<migration class="PKP\migration\upgrade\v3_5_0\I10292_UpdateControlledVocabEntrySettingName"/>
 		<migration class="APP\migration\upgrade\v3_4_0\FilterClassNames"/>
+		<migration class="APP\migration\upgrade\v3_5_0\I10620_EditorialBoardMemberRole"/>
 		<note file="docs/release-notes/README-3.5.0" />
 	</upgrade>
 
diff --git a/registry/userGroups.xml b/registry/userGroups.xml
index 3140cfb9ce..4601022459 100644
--- a/registry/userGroups.xml
+++ b/registry/userGroups.xml
@@ -42,4 +42,7 @@
 
 	<!-- Reader Role -->
 	<group roleId="0x00100000" name="default.groups.name.reader" plural="default.groups.plural.reader" abbrev="default.groups.abbrev.reader" permitSelfRegistration="true" />
-</groups>
+
+	<!-- Editorial Board Member Role -->
+	<group roleId="0x00001001" stages="" name="default.groups.name.editorialBoardMember" plural="default.groups.plural.editorialBoardMember" abbrev="default.groups.abbrev.editorialBoardMember" masthead="true" />
+ 	</groups>