Kim Ng, who served as a high-ranking executive in baseball for more than 30 years, made history Friday when she was named general manager of the Miami Marlins, the first woman and first Asian-American to ascend to the top post in a baseball operations department.
Ng, 51, served as an assistant GM or in similar roles with the Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles and New York Yankees between 1990 and 2011. More recently, she has worked in Major League Baseball's central office as a senior vice president of baseball operations.
“This challenge is one I don’t take lightly," Ng said in a statement.