Frank Bonsal III is a pioneer in the fields of education and workforce innovation, technology, and investment. As Managing Partner of Bonsal Capital and former General Partner of New Markets Venture Partners, his direct investment experience includes over 40 education companies, more than two-thirds of which have been realized with tens of millions positively impacted; Bonsal is or was a board director or observer in over a dozen of these companies.

Bonsal mentors or advises several education and entrepreneurship organizations, and is a frequent panelist and speaker. He is Board Director and Past Chair of the Digital Harbor Foundation and previously served as trustee, director, or member of the Center for Education Reform, Garrison Forest School, Gilman School, Holderness School, the Irvine Nature Center, Stevenson University's President's Advisory Council, TiE DC, and Vanderbilt University's Peabody College Campaign Committee and Alumni Board, which he chaired. He began his career as resolute teacher and coach in U.S. middle and high school settings and with indelible summer experiences in Japan and the United Kingdom.

Bonsal received his M.Ed. and M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University and a B.A. with honors from the University of New Hampshire. He is married with three children and resides in the Baltimore metropolitan area.