Board of Managers

Craig Shapero

Chairman of the Board

Craig is a seasoned entrepreneur and business leader with a focus on disruptive technologies and a successful history leading organizations in both executive management and sales management for 30+ years. Prior to starting Croton, his career focused primarily on the Electronic Payments Industry as an owner and founder of several companies including Fairway Payments and Network 1 Financial, which evolved into VERUS Card Services before being sold to The Sage Group PLC, and trading Sage Payment Solutions.

Gordon Baltzer

Board Member

Gordon Baltzer has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry including; pharmaceutical, diagnostic imaging and oncology services. Mr. Baltzer has held a variety of positions in these fields, including Principal and Executive Vice President of River Oaks Imaging and Diagnostic, in Houston, Texas; Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Business Development for Royce Laboratories, Inc., in Miami, Florida; Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for Apotex, Inc., Canada’s largest producer of generic pharmaceuticals, with head offices in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and board member of Methapharm Inc., a pharmaceutical company with offices in Brantford, Ontario and Coral Springs, Florida.

He also has large public audit experience with BDO and KPMG in Toronto, Canada. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada and his Chartered Accountant designation from the Canadian Institute of Charted Accountants. 

Kari Shapero

Board Member

Michael Carr

Board Member

Michael Carr serves as Executive Vice President of Presidential Bank Mortgage. Michael joined Presidential Bank in early 2010 and oversees the mortgage production offices in addition to Presidential Bank’s Mortgage management team. With over 30 years of mortgage industry experience Mr. Carr previously was in charge of the mid-Atlantic production offices and operations areas for PNC/National City Mortgage Eastern Region. Prior, he served as the President of James Madison Mortgage Company, as well as Vice President of Secondary Marketing for Manufacturers Hanover and Society Mortgage Company.

Mr. Carr holds a BA in Economics and an MBA in Finance from the University of Connecticut.