Assistant Director of Minor League & International Operations
Kristin Lock is in her eighth season with the Royals and second as the Assistant Director of Minor League & International Operations. She previously served as the Manager of Baseball Administration in 2022 and Assistant to Baseball Operations/Administration from 2019-21, after interning in the Royals Baseball Operations department in 2018 and in the Community Relations/Royals Charities department in 2017.
Lock was a four-year starter on the University of Northern Iowa softball team from 2013-16, helping the Panthers win the Missouri Valley Conference Championship in 2013. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from UNI in business management in 2016. A Lenexa, Kan., native, she currently resides in Kansas City, Mo., with her wife Anna.