About Us

Our Credentials

The National Remember Our Troops Campaign was incorporated in the State of Maryland as a nonprofit, non stock corporation on November 5, 2004.

View our "Articles of Incorporation" page one

View our "Articles of Incorporation" page two

Our Federal TIN, (Taxpayer Identification Number), was issued on 12-01-2004. The TIN number is 26 - 0098940
It is also referred to as an EIN, or Employer Identification Number.

On November 22nd 2005, The IRS issued a determination letter granting the NROTC nonprofit 501(c)(3) status.

View our "IRS Determination Letter"

Our Corporate Bylaws were adopted by our Board of Trustees on January 19th, 2006.

View our "Corporate Bylaws"


Our People


Tom Ruley
Founder and President

NROTC Headquarters, Balimore, MD
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Tom Ruley 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

Alexandria, VA
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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.



Michael J. Theriault
National Military Affairs Director, Vice President, Acting

NROTC Headquarters, Baltimore, MD
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Michael J. Theriault refers to "our" troops as "his" troops! He has a very strong tie to America's military! He holds a BS from West Point. An MBA from Florida Institute of Technology. He proudly served in the U.S. Army for 22 years before retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was an Eagle Scout and holds the Army Acheivement Medal, Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal, Distinquisted Graduate - Officer Basic and was voted Harford County, Maryland, Businessman of the Year. He brings with him very much enthusiasm and is a proven leader. As National Military Affairs Director, Mr. Theriault also oversees the NROTC Wounded Warrior Program. On military related issues, Mike is NROTC's very much appreciated "Go To Guy"!!!... He also comes to NROTC with a marketing background that was aquired while he was in the insurance business. He is a tremendous asset to NROTC and a constant inspiration to NROTC's President. As there is presently a vacancy in NROTC's Vice President position and pending a vote of The NROTC Board of Trustees, Mr. Theriault is also providing much-needed "Backup" to NROTC's President.



William Eisely
Homelessness and Rehabilitative Services Director

NROTC Headquarters, Balimore, MD
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Bill Eisely is full time at NROTC headquarters and he is responsible for seeing to it that NROTC does all it can to reach out and help, to the best of our ability, any veteran in need. NROTC's Homelessness and Rehabilitative Services Program is all encompassing to include mainly helping to provide or refer, temporary financial assistance, transitional housing, drug and alchohol counseling, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder counseling, transportation services, job training, employment referral and/or job placement. Mr. Eisely, having been there before, makes him the right person to fill this position and he has taken on this responsibility with great enthusiasm.



Alex Rich
National Operations Director

Raleigh, NC
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NROTC has not been able to present Alex Rich with any technology related question or problem that he has not been able to address, answer and/or solve. He has spent countless, mostly all volunteer, hours and hours since early in NROTC's development. All of NROTC's systems and programs come to NROTC thanks to Alex Rich. Says NROTC President to Alex Rich, "Thank You Sincerely Al for all you have done, and continue to do for NROTC in support of our mission. We would not be this far along if not for you... THANK YOU!



Joe Russo
National Donor Relations Director

East Brunswick, NJ
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There is no denying that fundraising is an essential part of any nonprofit organization and this applies also with NROTC. Joe Russo brings to NROTC, 13 years of hands-on fundraising and fundraising management experience. His job is to ensure that ALL of NROTC's fundraising efforts are conducted effectively, honestly, ethically, and lawfully. Much of NROTC's fundraising is conducted by "Remote", "Work-At-Home" employees. Joe Russo trains and manages these employees expertly and is a much-trusted part of NROTC's team.


Our Fundraising Staff

Lowell Adams, Derry, PA Email: ladams@nrotc.org

Carrie Austin, Aurora, CO Email: caustin@nrotc.org

Sean Boyle, North Attleboro, MA Email: sboyle@nrotc.org

Patrick Erle, Mt Juliet, TN Email: perle@nrotc.org

Lora Hughes, Baltimore, MD Email: lhughes@nrotc.org

Bob Madison, Deerfield Beach, FL Email: bmadison@nrotc.org

Shirley Martin, Inverness, FL Email: smartin@nrotc.org

Stephanie Moser, Redwood, NY Email: smoser@nrotc.org

Rolando Pena, Boca Raton, Florida Email: rpena@nrotc.org

Velda "Lorraine" Roberts, Severn, MD Email: vroberts@nrotc.org

Barb Turnbough, Davisville, MO Email: bturnbough@nrotc.org

Louis "Van" Ward, Hampton, VA Email: lvward@nrotc.org


Our Board of Trustees

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.
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Bill Tuerke - Secretary - Bill Tuerke helped run a family owned chain of retail stores in the northeastern United States.
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Dan Adams - Trustee - Dan Adams is a retired steel worker.

Bruce Baldwin - Trustee - Bruce E. Baldwin is an executive with the Maryland Science Center
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Sam Weaver - Trustee - Sam Weaver is president of a family owned marina, marine service company, Weaver's Marine Service Inc.
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The National Remember Our Troops Campaign, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit organization. Contributions received from individuals, foundations, and corporations are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law. Direct all comments or questions regarding NROTC, Inc. to:
info@nrotc.org

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(Our acronyms are coincidentally the same and we have no other affiliation with them)
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