Create separate maintainers file; Add MitchG; update links

Signed-off-by: Jon Bartels <[email protected]>

Author: jonbartels

governance.md

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Selection and Removal:
 - New Maintainers are nominated by existing Maintainers and must be approved by consensus.
 - A Maintainer may be removed for inactivity, misconduct, or loss of trust by a two-thirds Maintainer vote.
 
+The current and historical list of Maintainers can be found in the [`maintainers.md`](./maintainers.md) file.
+
 ### 4.3 Steering Committee
 
 The Steering Committee oversees project governance, handles escalated decisions, and maintains legal and organizational alignment.
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ Composition and Terms:
 - Members serve 1-year renewable terms.
 - Elections are held annually via Contributor vote.
 
+The current and historical list of Steering Committee members can be found in the [`steering_committee.md`](./steering_committee.md) file.
+
 ## 5. Decision-Making
 
 The project favors rough consensus and community input. Decision types include:

maintainers.md

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Maintainers
+
+## Current Maintainers As of 5th of September 2025
+
+- [Mitch Gaffigan](https://github.com/mgaffigan)
+- [Chris Gibson](https://github.com/gibson9583)
+- [Jonathan Bartels](https://github.com/jonbartels/)
+- [Kaur Palang](https://github.com/kpalang/)
+- [Kiran Ayyagari](https://github.com/kayyagari)
+- [Paul Coyne](https://github.com/pacmano1)
+- [Sean Rowe](https://github.com/ssrowe)
+- [Tony Germano](https://github.com/tonygermano)
+
+---
+
+## Historical compositions
+
+### Maintainers As of 26th of March 2025
+
+- Jonathan Bartels
+- Kaur Palang
+- Paul Coyne
+- Tony Germano

readme.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ The Open Integration Engine project is stewarded by a non-profit organization wi
 
 - [`governance.md`](governance.md): Defines the governance structure, decision-making processes, roles (Contributors, Maintainers, Steering Committee), licensing, and funding guidelines.
 - [`steering_committee.md`](steering_committee.md): Lists current and historical members of the Steering Committee and Maintainers.
+- [`maintainers.md`](maintainers.md): Lists current and historical Maintainers of the project.
 - [`assets.md`](assets.md): Describes project assets such as domain names, GitHub organization, Docker Hub account, and their intended ownership transfers.
 - [`vendors.md`](vendors.md): Describes the policy for being listed as a vendor offering services related to Open Integration Engine
 

steering_committee.md

@@ -1,35 +1,20 @@
-# Organization Structure of OpenIntegrationEngine project
+# Steering Committee
 
-## Current members
+## Current Steering Committee Members As of 31st of March 2025
 
-### Steering Committee
-
-#### As of 31st of March 2025
-
-- Chris Gibson
-- Jonathan Bartels
-- Kaur Palang
-- Kiran Ayyagari
-- Paul Coyne
-- Sean Rowe
-- Tony Germano
-
-## Maintainers
-
-#### As of 26th of March 2025
-
-- Jonathan Bartels
-- Kaur Palang
-- Paul Coyne
-- Tony Germano
+- [Chris Gibson](https://github.com/gibson9583)
+- [Jonathan Bartels](https://github.com/jonbartels/)
+- [Kaur Palang](https://github.com/kpalang/)
+- [Kiran Ayyagari](https://github.com/kayyagari)
+- [Paul Coyne](https://github.com/pacmano1)
+- [Sean Rowe](https://github.com/ssrowe)
+- [Tony Germano](https://github.com/tonygermano)
 
 ---
 
 ## Historical compositions
 
-### Steering Committee
-
-#### As of 26th of March 2025
+### Steering Committee As of 26th of March 2025
 
 - Jonathan Bartels
 - Kaur Palang