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@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ information about the governance of the io.js project, see
 * **Brian White** ([@mscdex](https://github.com/mscdex)) <mscdex@mscdex.net>
 * **Christian Vaagland Tellnes** ([@tellnes](https://github.com/tellnes)) <christian@tellnes.com>
 * **Robert Kowalski** ([@robertkowalski](https://github.com/robertkowalski)) <rok@kowalski.gd>
+* **Ben Acker** ([@nvcexploder](https://github.com/nvcexploder)) <benacker@gmail.com>
 
 Collaborators follow the [COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md](./COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md) in
 maintaining the io.js project.