After thorough analysis of both README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md, all existing contributor listings are already in compliance with the sorting requirements:

Analysis Results

README.md contains three contributor sections:

Maintainers (4 people)

• Already sorted alphabetically by first name: Ehsan, Lalit, Marc, Tom
• Company affiliations properly maintained for active maintainers

Approvers (4 people)

• Already sorted alphabetically by first name: Doug, Josh, Pranav, WenTao
• Company affiliations properly maintained for active approvers

Emeritus Maintainer/Approver/Triager (7 people)

• Already sorted alphabetically by first name: Alolita, Emil, Jodee, Johannes, Max, Reiley, Ryan
• No company affiliations present (as required for emeritus members)

CONTRIBUTING.md:

• Contains no contributor listings that require sorting

Verification

Used automated analysis to confirm:

• ✅ All lists are sorted alphabetically by first name
• ✅ No company affiliations exist in emeritus member listings
• ✅ No changes required to meet issue requirements

The repository is already in full compliance with the contributor listing requirements specified in the issue.

Fixes #69.

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