diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index ac793e43..314280ad 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* @ihnorton @jdblischak @johnkerl @nguyenv @shelnutt2
\ No newline at end of file
+* @ihnorton @jdblischak @johnkerl @nguyenv @shelnutt2 @kounelisagis
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dc341d30..e7039ff4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -346,4 +346,4 @@ Feedstock Maintainers
 * [@johnkerl](https://github.com/johnkerl/)
 * [@nguyenv](https://github.com/nguyenv/)
 * [@shelnutt2](https://github.com/shelnutt2/)
-
+* [@kounelisagis](https://github.com/kounelisagis/)
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index d91c5042..4a329d69 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ extra:
     - shelnutt2
     - nguyenv
     - johnkerl
+    - kounelisagis