diff --git a/org/teams.yaml b/org/teams.yaml
index 16053f5a..9f108b86 100644
--- a/org/teams.yaml
+++ b/org/teams.yaml
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ teams:
       - lei-tang
       - Monkeyanator
       - Mythra
+      - pmerrison
       - rlenglet
       - ryantking
       - SkyfireFrancisZ
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ teams:
         description: Release managers for Istio 1.17
         members:
         - johnma14
-
+        - pmerrison
   Repo Admins:
     description: Folks with admin permission on all repos.
     members: