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@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ information about the governance of the io.js project, see
 * **Stephen Belanger** ([@qard](https://github.com/qard)) <admin@stephenbelanger.com>
 * **Jeremiah Senkpiel** ([@fishrock123](https://github.com/fishrock123)) <fishrock123@rocketmail.com>
 * **Evan Lucas** ([@evanlucas](https://github.com/evanlucas)) <evanlucas@me.com>
+* **Brendan Ashworth** ([@brendanashworth](https://github.com/brendanashworth)) <brendan.ashworth@me.com>
 
 Collaborators follow the [COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md](./COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md) in
 maintaining the io.js project.