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+# Owners (in alphabetical order)
+# Note: This is only for the notaryproject/.github repo and includes the Org level maintainers
+@mnm678 @niazfk @priteshbandi @shizhMSFT @toddysm @vaninrao10 @yizha1
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+# Org-Level Maintainers (in alphabetical order)
+# Pattern: [First Name] [Last Name] <[Email Address]> ([GitHub Handle])
+Niaz Khan <niazfk@amazon.com> (@niazfk)
+Pritesh Bandi <priteshbandi@gmail.com> (@priteshbandi)
+Shiwei Zhang <shizh@microsoft.com> (@shizhMSFT)
+Toddy Mladenov <toddysm@gmail.com> (@toddysm)
+Vani Rao <vaninrao@amazon.com> (@vaninrao10)
+Yi Zha <yizha1@microsoft.com> (@yizha1)
+
+# Repo-Level Maintainers (in alphabetical order)
+# Pattern: [First Name] [Last Name] <[Email Address]> ([GitHub Handle])
+# Note: This is only for the notaryproject/.github repo
+Marina Moore <mm9693@nyu.edu> (@mnm678)
+
+# Emeritus Org Maintainers (in alphabetical order)
+Justin Cormack <justin.cormack@docker.com> (@justincormack)
+Steve Lasker <StevenLasker@hotmail.com> (@stevelasker)
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