diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
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--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 #  https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-code-owners
 #
 
-* @jmacd @lizthegrey @MrAlias @Aneurysm9 @evantorrie @XSAM @dashpole
+* @jmacd @MrAlias @Aneurysm9 @evantorrie @XSAM @dashpole @paivagustavo
 
 CODEOWNERS @MrAlias @Aneurysm9
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ should be its own module. A contrib package may contain more than one go package
 
 Approvers:
 
-- [Liz Fong-Jones](https://github.com/lizthegrey), Honeycomb
 - [Evan Torrie](https://github.com/evantorrie), Verizon Media
 - [Josh MacDonald](https://github.com/jmacd), LightStep
 - [Sam Xie](https://github.com/XSAM)
 - [David Ashpole](https://github.com/dashpole), Google
+- [Gustavo Silva Paiva](https://github.com/paivagustavo), LightStep
 
 Maintainers: