Member, Timken Board of Directors

Joseph W. Ralston has been a member of The Timken Company Board of Directors since 2003.

Ralston is vice chairman of The Cohen Group, an organization that provides clients with comprehensive tools for understanding and shaping their business, political, legal, regulatory and media environments.  He has served in this position since 2003.

Ralston is a retired general in the United States Air Force.  He previously was Supreme Allied Commander in Europe of NATO forces from 2000 to 2003.

He serves on the board of directors for Lockheed Martin Corporation and URS Corporation.