diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 325ba5bae8..b7d9573de0 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ Jay Payne (letterj@gmail.com)
 Will Reese (wreese@gmail.com)
 Chuck Thier (cthier@gmail.com)
 
+CORE Emeritus
+-------------
+Chmouel Boudjnah (chmouel@enovance.com)
+Florian Hines (syn@ronin.io)
+Greg Holt (gholt@rackspace.com)
+Jay Payne (letterj@gmail.com)
+Peter Portante (peter.portante@redhat.com)
+Will Reese (wreese@gmail.com)
+Chuck Thier (cthier@gmail.com)
+
 Contributors
 ------------
 Mehdi Abaakouk (mehdi.abaakouk@enovance.com)
@@ -26,7 +36,6 @@ Yummy Bian (yummy.bian@gmail.com)
 Darrell Bishop (darrell@swiftstack.com)
 James E. Blair (jeblair@openstack.org)
 Fabien Boucher (fabien.boucher@enovance.com)
-Chmouel Boudjnah (chmouel@enovance.com)
 Clark Boylan (clark.boylan@gmail.com)
 Pádraig Brady (pbrady@redhat.com)
 Lorcan Browne (lorcan.browne@hp.com)
@@ -72,7 +81,6 @@ Gregory Haynes (greg@greghaynes.net)
 Doug Hellmann (doug.hellmann@dreamhost.com)
 Dan Hersam (dan.hersam@hp.com)
 Derek Higgins (derekh@redhat.com)
-Florian Hines (syn@ronin.io)
 Alex Holden (alex@alexjonasholden.com)
 Edward Hope-Morley (opentastic@gmail.com)
 Kun Huang (gareth@unitedstack.com)
@@ -145,7 +153,6 @@ Alex Pecoraro (alex.pecoraro@emc.com)
 Sascha Peilicke (saschpe@gmx.de)
 Constantine Peresypkin (constantine.peresypk@rackspace.com)
 Dieter Plaetinck (dieter@vimeo.com)
-Peter Portante (peter.portante@redhat.com)
 Dan Prince (dprince@redhat.com)
 Felipe Reyes (freyes@tty.cl)
 Matt Riedemann (mriedem@us.ibm.com)