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 | Maintainer           | GitHub ID                                     | Affiliation |
 | -------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
-| Nick Knize           | [nknize](https://github.com/nknize)           | Amazon      |
+| Nick Knize           | [nknize](https://github.com/nknize)           | Community   |
 | Harsha Vamsi Kalluri | [harshavamsi](https://github.com/harshavamsi) | Amazon      |
 | Thomas Farr          | [Xtansia](https://github.com/Xtansia)         | Amazon      |