Marlins’ Kim Ng sworn in as member of President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition
Add another item to Kim Ng’s resume.
The Miami Marlins general manager on Tuesday was sworn in as a member of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. The first meeting with newly appointed members followed.
The council, which is co-chaired by chef, restaurateur and humanitarian Jose Andres and WNBA star Elena Delle Donne, was originally established in 2002 with the aim to “promote healthy, accessible eating and physical activity for all Americans, regardless of background or ability.”
The focus of the Tuesday meeting was for new members to discuss priorities for the remainder of the council’s term, which runs through Sept. 30.
The council in recent years has also expanded its focus to include the importance of mental health as it pertains to physical fitness and nutrition.
Ng was one of 27 people President Joe Biden announced earlier this year he intended to appoint to be members of the council.
The others: Maribel Campos Rivera, Tamika Catchings, Ayesha Curry, Stephen Curry, Jon Feinman, Tina Flournoy, Jose Garces, J. Nadine Gracia, Meg Ham, Kahina Haynes, Ryan Howard, Martin E. Ingelsby, Barbie Izquierdo, Ben Jacobs, Chloe Kim, Chaunte Lowe, Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, Elana Meyers Taylor, Dariush Mozaffarian, Allison O’Toole, Oluwaferanmi Oyedeji Okanlami, Laura Ricketts, Stefany Shaheen, Billy Shore, Michael Solomonov and Melissa Stockwell.
“It’s obviously a great honor and great privilege to serve and to be associated with a lot of these people on the committee,” Ng said in late March when the appointment announcement was made. “Really excited.”
Ng’s appointment to the council is the latest notable moment in her trailblazing career. When she was hired in November 2020 to be the Marlins’ general manager, she became the first woman to hold that role for any of the major men’s professional North American sports teams. She also was the second person of Asian descent to lead an MLB team.
A career spanning three decades in MLB, including 21 years in the front offices of the Chicago White Sox (1990-1996), New York Yankees (1998-2001) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2002-2011) preceded her time with the Marlins.
