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+# Project leadership
+Maintainers that are part of Project Leadership make decisions about the project's priorities, roadmap, and future direction.
+
+## Product owner
+The Product Owner is responsible for taking in feedback from stakeholders and making decisions around backlog prioritization and product roadmap. They also hold a cadence with technical reviewers to ensure contributors are getting timely attention to their submissions.
+
+- [Angie Byron](https://github.com/webchick) (interim)
+
+## AI Engineering liaison
+The AI Engineering liaison ensures that Engineering feedback is reflected in the priorities of the project, and help secure other Engineering folks if needed to make progress on reviews.
+
+- [Johann Schleier-Smith](https://github.com/jssmith) (to be confirmed)
+
+## Solution Architect liaison
+The Solution Architect liaison ensures that Solution Architect feedback is reflected in the priorities of the project, and help secure other Solution Architect folks if needed to make progress on reviews.
+
+- [Josh Smith](https://github.com/joshmsmith)
+
+## (other leadership roles...)
+
+# Technical reviewers
+Technical reviewers ensure that contributors' submissions are looked at in a timely manner, provide architectural guidance, etc.
+
+## General
+- TBD
+
+## Python examples
+- TBD
+
+## TypeScript examples
+- TBD
+
+## Java examples
+- TBD
+
+## Go examples
+- TBD
+
+## .NET examples
+- TBD
+
+## (other SDKs TBD)
+
+# Tooling
+Tooling maintainers give care and feeding to the infrastructure underpinning the project.
+
+## Documentation Tooling
+- [Lenny Chen](https://github.com/lennessyy)
+
+## CI/CD Tooling
+- TBD
+
+## Automated Testing Tooling
+- TBD
+
+# Emeritus maintainers
+We would like to thank these folks for all of their fantastic work shepherding the AI Cookbook project forward!
+
+- [Cornelia Davis](https://github.com/cdavisafc) (to be confirmed)
+- [Rob Holland](https://github.com/robholland)