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The National Remember Our Troops Campaign was incorporated in the State of Maryland as a nonprofit,
non stock corporation on November 5, 2004.
Our Federal TIN, (Taxpayer Identification Number), was issued on 12-01-2004. The TIN number is 26 - 0098940
On November 22nd 2005, The IRS issued a determination letter granting the NROTC nonprofit 501(c)(3) status.
Our Corporate Bylaws were adopted by our Board of Trustees on January 19th, 2006.
Tom Ruley Founder and President Email Tom Ruley Tom Ruley is 58 years old and has been involved in the nonprofit sector for over 20 years. Tom explains that he considers himself to be caring individual who is driven by a genuine desire to do good for others. Says Tom, It had its beginnings after a heart attack forced me to re-evaluate my life. In looking at my life from a more serious point of view, I evaluated the positive impact I have made on this earth so far during my stay and I decided that somehow, I wanted to do more. The National Remember Our Troops Campaign, thanks to our kind American donors, has been and continues to be, my source of great pride as we work to accomplish our charitable mission. God Bless Our Troops and Their Families!... Please do what you can to support them.
Michael J. Silva Senior Advisor, National Spokesperson Email Michael J. Silva Michael J. Silva is a leader with extensive business executive experience. His background includes key positions in both corporate and government organizations. His previous positions include Comptroller, Vice President of Finance, President of an entrepreneurial venture, and Commanding General of a Brigade of Engineers in Iraq. His experience includes extensive background in Finance, Engineering, and Business Development. Brigadier General Silva began his military career in 1978 upon graduation from West Point. During his military career in the Army Reserve, he has held operations, training, senior staff, and command positions in various assignments to include deployments to Afghanistan and Qatar as the CJTF-180 LNO to CENTCOM. He also served a tour in the Pentagon in the Iraq Interagency Support group resolving issues between the Department of Defense and the Department of State as our nation stood down the Coalition Provisional Authority and established an embassy in Iraq. Brigadier General Silva was an inaugural recipient of the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award in 1988, presented by Mrs. Jean MacArthur and General Vuono. His engineer company won the coveted LTG Itschner award for 1988 with the award presented by LTG Itschner and MG Schroeder at Fort Leonard Wood in 1989. Mr. Silva has extensive Board experience on other nonprofit and civic organizations including three (3) years as National Treasurer for the Reserve Officers Association.
Michael J. Silva has two Masters Degrees, one in Business Administration (MBA) and one in Strategic Studies. His military education
includes the Army War College, Command and General Staff College; Engineer and Field Artillery Officer Advanced Courses; Field
Artillery Officer Basic Course; and the Department of Defense Comptroller Course. His military awards include the Legion of Merit,
Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leafs, Joint Commendation Medal, Army
Commendation Medal with five oak leafs and the Army Achievement Medal. He was awarded the Combat Action Badge during his deployment
last year in Iraq. Brigadier General Silva is a Senior Parachutist and Ranger qualified.
Nonprofit organizations are governed by a Board of Trustees. The "Trustees" determine by majority vote, the salaries of our personnel,
so that a fair but not excessive amount is paid to its executives and employees, as compared to similarly situated profit and not for
profit business organizations. They exercise control over all fiscal related issues including budgets and distribution of assets. They
also are instrumental in determining the direction of our organization. Our "Trustees" bring to the table much experience in business
administration and can be counted on to exercise fiscal responsibility and restraint. Most importantly, our Trustees can be relied on
for their morals, ethics and common sense as trusted fiduciaries of our organization.
John Totty - Treasurer - John Totty is president of his own residential home building company, JTI Incorporated.
Bill Tuerke - Secretary - Bill Tuerke helped run a family owned chain of retail stores in the northeastern United States.
Dan Adams - Trustee - Dan Adams is a retired steel worker.
Bruce Baldwin - Trustee - Bruce E. Baldwin is an executive with the Maryland Science Center
Sam Weaver - Trustee - Sam Weaver is president of a family owned marina, marine service company, Weaver's Marine Service Inc.
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