diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 89912b8..32da17a 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 # Default code owners for the repository
-* @bkeryan @cumitche
+* @bkeryan @cumitche 
+
+# Default code owners by file type
+*.md @bkeryan @cumitche @nstokes-nati
+*.proto @ccifra @jasonmreding
+
+# Code owners for specific APIs (e.g. /ni/grpcdevice/)
\ No newline at end of file