diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 714ae8aba5..664709887e 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Each line is a file pattern followed by one or more owners.
 
 # These owners will be the default owners for everything in the repo.
-* @lrknox @derobins @byrnHDF @fortnern @jhendersonHDF @qkoziol @vchoi-hdfgroup @bmribler @glennsong09 @mattjala @brtnfld
+* @lrknox @derobins @byrnHDF @fortnern @jhendersonHDF @qkoziol @vchoi-hdfgroup @bmribler @glennsong09 @mattjala @brtnfld @mkitti
 
 # Order is important. The last matching pattern has the most precedence.
 # So if a pull request only touches javascript files, only these owners