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 | Sarat Vemulapalli | [saratvemulapalli](https://github.com/saratvemulapalli) | Amazon      |
 | Vacha Shah        | [VachaShah](https://github.com/VachaShah)               | Amazon      |
 | Kunal Kotwani     | [kotwanikunal](https://github.com/kotwanikunal)         | Amazon      |
+| Anas Alkouz       | [anasalkouz](https://github.com/anasalkouz)             | Amazon      |
+
+## Emeritus
+
+| Maintainer        | GitHub ID                                               | Affiliation |
 | Andrew Ross       | [andrross](https://github.com/andrross)                 | Amazon      |
-| Anas Alkouz       | [anasalkouz](https://github.com/anasalkouz)             | Amazon      |
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