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@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Approvers ([@open-telemetry/collector-releases-approvers](https://github.com/org
 - [Christos Markou](https://github.com/ChrsMark), Elastic
 - [Curtis Robert](https://github.com/crobert-1), Splunk
 - [David Ashpole](https://github.com/dashpole), Google
+- [John L. Peterson (Jack)](https://github.com/jackgopack4), Datadog
 - [Matt Wear](https://github.com/mwear), Lightstep
 - [Ziqi Zhao](https://github.com/fatsheep9146), Alibaba