diff --git a/.github/auto_assign.yml b/.github/auto_assign.yml
index 2c81792a7b42..ab1cf71a4194 100644
--- a/.github/auto_assign.yml
+++ b/.github/auto_assign.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ assigneeGroups:
     # - ChrsMark on leave
     - crobert-1
     - dashpole
+    - dehaansa
     - mwear
     - songy23
     - fatsheep9146
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 715b7494b1bd..d0cba6eb4080 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Approvers ([@open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers](https://github.com/orgs
 - [Curtis Robert](https://github.com/crobert-1), Splunk
 - [David Ashpole](https://github.com/dashpole), Google
 - [Matt Wear](https://github.com/mwear), Lightstep
+- [Sam DeHaan](https://github.com/dehaansa), Grafana Labs
 - [Ziqi Zhao](https://github.com/fatsheep9146), Alibaba
 
 Emeritus Approvers: