North Johnson

North Johnson is the current General Manager of the International League Gwinnett Braves. He has worked in the front offices of various minor league teams for over thirty years.

Johnson was the General Manager and part owner of the Kinston Indians from 1987 to 2003. He was named the Carolina League's Executive of the Year in 1988, 1994 and 2000 while with Kinston. In 2003, Kinston awarded him the Keys to the City in appreciation of all he did for baseball in the community. In 2004, he became the first inductee into the Grainger Stadium Wall of Fame.

From 2004 to 2006, Johnson was the General Manager of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in the California League. He was named the California League's Executive of the Year in 2005.

In 2007, Johnson returned to the Carolina League as the General Manager of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. The next year he was awarded his fourth Carolina League Executive of the Year Award. Upon taking the job in Myrtle Beach, Johnson divested himself of ownership shares he still had in the Kinston franchise to avoid any conflicts of interest.

Johnson has been married to his wife Anita for more than 25 years. They have two children, a son named Stephen, and a daughter named Taylor.