diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index cbca5922afc..b2e99fc383b 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 #
 # Learn about membership in OpenTelemetry community:
 #  https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/master/community-membership.md
-# 
 #
-# Learn about CODEOWNERS file format: 
+#
+# Learn about CODEOWNERS file format:
 #  https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-code-owners
 #
 
-* @jmacd @lizthegrey @MrAlias @Aneurysm9 @evantorrie
+* @jmacd @lizthegrey @MrAlias @Aneurysm9 @evantorrie @XSAM
 
 CODEOWNERS @MrAlias @Aneurysm9
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0059076af35..893e330afcb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ 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)
 
 Maintainers: