Kim Ng

Kimberly J. Ng (; born November 17, 1968) is an American sports executive who has been the commissioner of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) since 2025. She was the general manager of the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2021 to 2023. She was the first woman to serve as general manager of a team in the Big Four leagues in North America and the first person of full East Asian descent to serve as general manager of an MLB team.

A graduate of the University of Chicago, Ng played college softball. She then worked her way up in the front office of several MLB teams and became a vice president of the league.

Early life

Ng was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the first of five daughters, to Virginia and Jin Ng. Her father, an American of Cantonese Chinese descent, was a financial analyst, and her mother, Thailand-born of Chinese descent, was a banker. She attended elementary school in Fresh Meadows, Queens and junior high in Glen Cove, New York. Her interest in baseball started when she played stickball on the street in Queens and her father taught her about sports. She played tennis and softball at Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, New Jersey and graduated in 1986. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 1990, where she played softball for four years and was named MVP infielder, and earned a B.A. in public policy. During her senior year at the University of Chicago, she served as president of the university's Women's Athletic Association.