diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 950ed1dc2..05357c87c 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # global owners are only requested if there isn't a more specific
 # codeowner specified below. For this reason, the global codeowners
 # are often repeated in package-level definitions.
-*       @ebuchman @cmwaters @tychoish @williambanfield @creachadair @sergio-mena @jmalicevic @thanethomson @ancazamfir
+*       @ebuchman @cmwaters @tychoish @williambanfield @creachadair @sergio-mena @jmalicevic @thanethomson @ancazamfir @samricotta
 
 # Spec related changes can be approved by the protocol design team
 /spec   @josef-widder @milosevic @cason @sergio-mena @jmalicevic