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+Piotr Mitros <pmitros@edx.org>
+Kyle Fiedler <kyle@kylefiedler.com>
+Ernie Park <eipark@mit.edu>
+Bridger Maxwell <bridger@mit.edu>
+Lyla Fischer <lyla@edx.org>
+David Ormsbee <dave@edx.org>
+Chris Terman <cjt@edx.org>
+Reda Lemeden <reda@thoughtbot.com>
+Anant Agarwal <agarwal@edx.org>
+Jean-Michel Claus <jmc@edx.org>
+Calen Pennington <calen.pennington@gmail.com>
+JM Van Thong <jm@edx.org>
+Prem Sichanugrist <psichanugrist@thoughtbot.com>
+Isaac Chuang <ichuang@mit.edu>
+Galen Frechette <galen@thoughtbot.com>
+Edward Loveall <edward@edwardloveall.com>
+Matt Jankowski <mjankowski@thoughtbot.com>
+John Jarvis <jarv@edx.org>
+Victor Shnayder <victor@edx.org>
+Matthew Mongeau <halogenandtoast@gmail.com>
+Tony Kim <kimth@edx.org>
+Arjun Singh <arjun810@gmail.com>
+John Hess <mgojohn@gmail.com>
+Carlos Andrés Rocha <rocha@edx.org>
+Mike Chen <ccp0101@gmail.com>
+Rocky Duan <dementrock@gmail.com>
+Sidhanth Rao <sidhanth@mitx.mit.edu>
+Brittany Cheng <bcheng42@gmail.com>
+Dhaval Adjodah <dhaval@mit.edu>
+Tom Giannattasio <tom@mitx.mit.edu>
+Ibrahim Awwal <ibrahim.awwal@gmail.com>
+Sarina Canelake <sarina@edx.org>
+Mark L. Chang <mark.chang@gmail.com>
+Dean Dieker <ddieker@gmail.com>
+Tommy MacWilliam <tmacwilliam@cs.harvard.edu>
+Nate Hardison <natehardison@gmail.com>
+Chris Dodge <cdodge@edx.org>
+Kevin Chugh <kevinchugh@edx.org>
+Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
+Alexander Kryklia <kryklia@gmail.com>
+Vik Paruchuri <vik@edx.org>
+Louis Sobel <sobel@edx.org>
+Brian Wilson <brian@edx.org>
+Ashley Penney <apenney@edx.org>
+Don Mitchell <dmitchell@edx.org>
+Aaron Culich <aculich@edx.org>
+Brian Talbot <btalbot@edx.org>
+Jay Zoldak <jzoldak@edx.org>
+Valera Rozuvan <valera.rozuvan@gmail.com>
+Diana Huang <dkh@edx.org>
+Marco Morales <marcotuts@gmail.com>
+Christina Roberts <christina@edx.org>
+Robert Chirwa <robert@edx.org>
+Ed Zarecor <ed@edx.org>
+Deena Wang <thedeenawang@gmail.com>
+Jean Manuel-Nater <jnater@edx.org>
+Emily Zhang <1800.ehz.hang@gmail.com>
+Jennifer Akana <jaakana@gmail.com>
+Peter Baratta <peter.baratta@gmail.com>
+Julian Arni <julian@edx.org>
+Arthur Barrett <abarrett@edx.org>
+Vasyl Nakvasiuk <vaxxxa@gmail.com>
+Will Daly <will@edx.org>
+James Tauber <jtauber@jtauber.com>
+Greg Price <gprice@edx.org>
+Joe Blaylock <jrbl@stanford.edu>
+Sef Kloninger <sef@kloninger.com>
+Anto Stupak <s2pak.anton@gmail.com>
+David Adams <dcadams@stanford.edu>
+Steve Strassmann <straz@edx.org>
+Giulio Gratta <giulio@giuliogratta.com>
+David Baumgold <david@davidbaumgold.com>
+Jason Bau <jbau@stanford.edu>