Michael Carter

Michael Carter is the founder of Carter Morse & Goodrich where he serves as Managing Partner. He has been on the financial side of business from many perspectives: as a business founder, commercial lender, investment banker, board director, and business advisor.

As a seasoned investment banker, he has advised over 100 M&A and financing transactions. In addition to his work with private companies, Michael has worked with several public companies as a board member which include:    World Business Capital, First International Bancorp, Command Security Corporation and Cannondale Corporation.

Michael began his career in private industry in operations. Thereafter, he was a vice president at Chase Bank responsible for middle-market commercial lending and corporate finance activities in New England.

Michael is a founding member and former board director of the Association for Corporate Growth, Connecticut Chapter.   He was one of the founding members for Alliance of International Corporate Advisors.

Michael has been on the Board of NextMinds, teaching innovation to students K-12, primarily from low income school districts.  Prior to NextMinds he was the Vice Chairman of National Federation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Fairchester chapter, a non for profit dedicated to teaching inner city kids about starting their own business.

Michael founded Push for Entrepreneurship, an extreme push-up fundraiser where participants do push-ups for two hours. Since PFE’s founding over $650,000 has been raised for teaching students from low income neighborhoods about innovation and entrepreneurship.

Michael was the former President of Weston Little League in Weston, Connecticut. He founded Weston Sports Commission and served as President for ten years. He was honored by the Fairfield County Sports Commission as Weston’s Sportsperson of the Year.  He served on Weston’s Board of Finance for ten years.

Michael earned an MBA from Columbia University and a BA from the University of Rochester.