Frank Bonsal
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Frank Bonsal's Bio:
Frank Bonsal's Experience:
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Faculty at St. Paul's School (MD)
August 1998 - June 2001Dean, 5th Grade 5th Grade Interdisciplinary English/History, 6th Grade English Middle School Football, Basketball and Lacrosse
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Faculty at St. Anne's-Belfield School
August 1995 - June 19986th Grade Interdisciplinary English/History, 7th Grade English Assistant Varsity Football and Boys' JV Lacrosse
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Faculty at Wilmington Friends School
July 1993 - June 19955th Grade, Head Boys' Varsity Lacrosse, Asst. Varsity Football Summer 1995: 7th International Lacrosse Friendship Games, U-19 Boys' Team from Wilmington, DE area schools
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Assistant Varsity Coach at Phillips Exeter Academy
March 1989 - June 1991Boys' Varsity Lacrosse: Spring of 1989, 1990, & 1991
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Assistant Varsity Coach at The Roxbury Latin School
March 1987 - June 1988Boys' Varsity Lacrosse: Spring 1987 & 1988 (ISL Co-Champions, 1987)
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Director of Entrepreneurship at Towson University
October 2013A newly wrought position for Towson University, under the Division of Innovation and Applied Research, I co-lead TowsonGlobal Business Incubator and develop entrepreneurship programs and provides advice and support for students, faculty and staff across the university. I was an Interim Director of TowsonGlobal from June to October 2013.
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Venture Partner at New Markets Venture Partners
November 2007Director of 2nd & 3rd venture funds, 2008 and 2010 vintages, the latter a nationally unique mission-related fund investing in Series A & B enterprise edtech SaaS solutions. Between my full-time start date in 4Q-2007 and 4Q-2013, the Firm has made 14 education investments. Current Director positions: Calvert Education (Baltimore), Questar Assessment (Minneapolis), & Think Through Learning (Pittsburgh)
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Partner at Bonsal Capital
June 2001Bonsal Capital is a family office, founded by NEA Co-Founder Frank A. Bonsal, Jr., that invests broadly in early and growth stage information technology and life sciences, and has made 15+ investments in education. Primary responsibility for sourcing, deal flow, validation, due diligence, and monitoring of education investments. Education realizations include: American Public Education (NASDAQ: APEI), Blackboard (NASDAQ: BBBB), Capella Education (NASDAQ: CPLA), Headsprout (acquired by DYMO/Mimio), Moodlerooms (acquired by Blackboard), Smarthinking (acquired by Pearson), Spectrum K12 School Solutions (acquired by Scantron/GlobalScholar)
Frank Bonsal's Education:
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Vanderbilt University
2002 – 2004M.B.A. -
Vanderbilt University
1991 – 1993M.Ed.Concentration: Elementary Education -
University of New Hampshire
1988 – 1991B.A.Concentration: English Teaching -
Denison University
1982 – 1984Concentration: English -
Holderness School
1979 – 1982HS Diploma -
Gilman School
1969 – 1979