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.