Levin, Filippone, Brooks, Krall elected to SABR Board of Directors in 2026
MAY 8, 2026 — SABR members have elected Allison Levin, Pat Filippone, Tyrone Brooks, and Katie Krall to the organization’s Board of Directors in the 2026 election.
Allison Levin was elected as SABR’s Board Vice President, receiving 714 of 725 first-preference votes.
Pat Filippone was elected as SABR’s Board Treasurer, receiving 725 of 731 first-preference votes.
Tyrone Brooks and Katie Krall were elected as SABR Directors. Brooks received 355 first-preference votes and was elected first in SABR’s simplified preferential voting system after 18 rounds of balloting. Krall received 246 first-preference votes and was elected second after voting preferences were transferred. Both Directors will serve a three-year term through 2029.
Director candidate Alan Cohen received 154 first-preference votes.
Levin was elected to her second term as Board Vice President; she also served two terms as a SABR Director from 2019 to 2024. She has been a SABR member since 2013 and is an active member of the Women in Baseball and Educational Resources Committees, as well as the Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter, where she organizes a local research conference every year. She presents her research regularly at local and national SABR events and other sports and academic conferences. She is an adjunct professor of Sports Communications and Sports Management at Webster University, where she sponsors the school’s Sports Media and Analytics Club and mentors students in baseball-related work. She holds bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science from Grinnell College, a master’s degree in applied communications from Southern Illinois University, and a JD degree from Washington University in St. Louis. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
Filippone was elected to his first term as Board Treasurer after he was appointed to fill a vacant seat in January. He has been a SABR member since 2021. He is President of 7th Inning Stretch, LLC, which owns and operates three affiliated Minor League Baseball teams: the Stockton Ports, the Delmarva Shorebirds, and the Everett AquaSox. He has served as President of the Stockton Ports since 2006 and has spent more than three decades as an executive in Minor League Baseball. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Mary Washington College. He lives in Stockton, California.
Brooks was elected to his first term as a Director after he was appointed to fill a vacant seat in 2024. He previously served on the SABR Board from 2019 to 2021, and has been a SABR member since 2013. He is the Senior Director of Workforce Development at Major League Baseball. Prior to joining MLB in 2015, he worked as a front office executive and scout with the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Guardians, and Pittsburgh Pirates. He is also the founder and CEO of the Baseball Industry Network, which covers the full gamut of people working in industry of baseball. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and marketing from the University of Maryland.
This is Krall’s first term as a Director; she has been a SABR member since 2017. She is a professor at Northwestern University, where she teaches courses in the Master’s of Sports Administration program and the Medill School of Journalism. She also makes regular appearances as on-air talent for Marquee Sports Network in Chicago. She previously worked for Hawk-Eye Innovations and as a coach and analyst in the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox organizations. Her writing has appeared in SABR’s Baseball Research Journal and The National Pastime. She also serves on the SABR Analytics Certification curriculum committee. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Northwestern University and an MBA from University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.
Special thanks to Tellers Committee members Stephen Barnes, Dominique Lim, and Alex Marks for certifying the results on May 7 in a virtual meeting and to the Nominations Committee of Joanne Hulbert, Emily Hawks, and Louis Schiff for their help in preparing the candidate statements.
The 2026 SABR elections featured online voting for the 17th consecutive year as well as traditional paper ballots. A total of 777 votes were received, constituting about 10.36 percent of the membership.
SABR members can find complete 2026 election results, including write-in candidates and voting totals, posted here.
A historical list of SABR’s Board of Directors can be found by clicking here. Past voting totals can be found here.
Originally published: May 8, 2026. Last Updated: May 7, 2026.