Jerome L. Dodson
President, Portfolio Manager
Jerome Dodson founded Parnassus Investments in 1984 and has served as Trustee of the Parnassus Funds Trust
and the Parnassus Income Funds Trust since inception. He is the President of Parnassus Investments and
Portfolio Manager of the Parnassus Fund, Parnassus Small-Cap Fund, and Parnassus Workplace Fund. Prior
to founding Parnassus Investments, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Continental
Savings of America from 1976 to 1982 where he started the "Solar T-Bill" program to finance solar
energy installations and also developed innovative programs to finance low and moderate income housing.
Mr. Dodson received his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley
and his master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.
Ryan S. Wilsey
Portfolio Manager, Senior Research Analyst
Ryan Wilsey is a Portfolio Manager of the Parnassus Small-Cap Fund and a Senior Research Analyst.
He joined Parnassus Investments in 2009 and was previously a Parnassus research intern. He has
been a professional investor in both public and private equity since 2001. His prior experience
includes work at Summit Partners, Greylock Partners and Scout Capital. Before he began his investment
career, he worked at Opsware Inc., a software company that was later sold to Hewlett-Packard.
Mr. Wilsey graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in engineering from
Princeton University and received his master's degree in business administration from Harvard
Business School.