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 * @MrAlias @XSAM @dashpole @MadVikingGod @pellared @hanyuancheung @dmathieu
 
-CODEOWNERS @MrAlias @MadVikingGod @pellared @dashpole
+CODEOWNERS @MrAlias @MadVikingGod @pellared @dashpole @XSAM @dmathieu
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 ### Approvers
 
-- [Sam Xie](https://github.com/XSAM), Cisco/AppDynamics
 - [Chester Cheung](https://github.com/hanyuancheung), Tencent
-- [Damien Mathieu](https://github.com/dmathieu), Elastic
 
 ### Maintainers
 
-- [David Ashpole](https://github.com/dashpole), Google
 - [Aaron Clawson](https://github.com/MadVikingGod), LightStep
+- [Damien Mathieu](https://github.com/dmathieu), Elastic
+- [David Ashpole](https://github.com/dashpole), Google
 - [Robert Pająk](https://github.com/pellared), Splunk
+- [Sam Xie](https://github.com/XSAM), Cisco/AppDynamics
 - [Tyler Yahn](https://github.com/MrAlias), Splunk
 
 ### Emeritus