docs/content/organizations/managing-peoples-access-to-your-organization-with-roles/maintaining-ownership-continuity-for-your-organization.md

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Maintaining ownership continuity for your organization	Organizations can have more than one organization owner to avoid lapses in ownership.	/articles/changing-a-person-s-role-to-owner /articles/changing-a-persons-role-to-owner /github/setting-up-and-managing-organizations-and-teams/changing-a-persons-role-to-owner /github/setting-up-and-managing-organizations-and-teams/managing-ownership-continuity-for-your-organization /github/setting-up-and-managing-organizations-and-teams/maintaining-ownership-continuity-for-your-organization	Organization owners can promote any member of an organization to an organization owner.	fpt ghes ghae ghec * * * *	Organizations Teams	Maintain ownership continuity

About maintaining ownership continuity for your organization

{% data reusables.organizations.org-ownership-recommendation %}

Organization owners have full administrative access to the organization. {% data reusables.organizations.new-org-permissions-more-info %}

{% note %}

Note: As an organization owner, you can change the role of other organization members and owners. You can't change your own role.

{% endnote %}

{% ifversion enterprise-owner-join-org %} If your organization is owned by an enterprise account, any enterprise owner can make themself an owner of your organization. For more information, see "AUTOTITLE." {% endif %}

Appointing an organization owner

{% data reusables.profile.access_org %} {% data reusables.user-settings.access_org %} {% data reusables.organizations.people %}

1. Select the person or people you'd like to promote to owner.

1. Above the list of members, select the X members selected... dropdown menu and click Change role.

   

2. Select a new role for the person or people, then click Change role.