diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md
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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Current core team members are:
 | Christopher Llanwarne | Broad Institute | [cjllanwarne](https://github.com/cjllanwarne) |
 | John Didion | Fulcrum Genomics | [jdidion](https://github.com/jdidion) |
 | Michael Franklin | Centre for Population Genomics | [illusional](https://github.com/illusional) |
-| Amy Paguirigan | Fred Hutch | [vortexing](https://github.com/vortexing) |
+| Taylor Firman | Fred Hutch | [tefirman](https://github.com/tefirman) |
 | Ruben Vorderman | Leiden University Medical Center | [rhpvorderman](https://github.com/rhpvorderman) |
 | Venkat Malladi | Microsoft | [vsmalladi](https://github.com/vsmalladi) |
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 The **Workflow Description Language (WDL)** is an open standard for describing data processing workflows with a human-readable and writeable syntax.
 WDL makes it straightforward to define analysis tasks, connect them together in workflows, and parallelize their execution.
-The language strives to be accessible and understantable to all manner of users, including programmers, analysts, and operators of a production system.
+The language strives to be accessible and understandable to all manner of users, including programmers, analysts, and operators of a production system.
 The language enables common patterns, such as scatter-gather and conditional execution, to be expressed simply.
 WDL is designed for portability, and there are several [implementations](#execution-engines-and-platforms) to choose from that run in a variety of environments, including HPC systems and cloud platforms.