The Timken Company board of directors has elected Elizabeth A. “Ann” Harrell a director of the company, effective August 1, 2017, for a term that expires at its May 2018 annual meeting. The election will bring The Timken Company board to 12 members.
Harrell is a retired major general, serving more than 30 years with the U.S. Air Force. During her military career, Harrell held a wide range of positions in the U.S., Germany and South Korea specializing in aircraft fleet maintenance and sustainment. As the director of maintenance and logistics stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, she was influential in the planning and execution for F-22 and F-35 platforms and worked closely with manufacturers in the civilian sector to develop airframes, engines and components for aircrafts.
Harrell is a member of the Advisory Board for the Museum of the United States Air Force and has also served on the General Electric Corporation Senior Advisory Committee for its Internal Veterans’ Network.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Emory University and a master’s degree in human resource management from Troy State University. Harrell is also a distinguished graduate of the Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
Published in the July 2017 Edition of American Recycler News
