Frances Messano

Frances Messano is President at NewSchools Venture Fund. In this role, she oversees the four investment areas, as well as the research and learning team. Throughout her six year tenure at NewSchools, Frances has had a broad set of responsibilities, including creating the Diverse Leaders investment strategy, leading the Innovative Schools team and developing the content for four Summit conferences.

Previously, Frances served as a Vice President at Teach for America, where she led the development of the organization’s long-term, national strategy. Before that, Frances was an Associate Partner at Monitor Institute, where she worked with education non-profits and foundations to scale their impact through strategy development, organizational design, leadership development, and program design.