Michael J. Cuggino has served as the President and Portfolio Manager of Permanent Portfolio Family of Funds, Inc., a San Francisco-based family of no-load, open-end mutual funds specializing in asset allocation and tax-efficient investment strategies, since his investment advisory firm, Pacific Heights Asset Management, LLC, began managing the Fund in 2003. Mr. Cuggino has served as a Director of the Fund since 1998, its Chairman of the Board and President since 2003 and its Secretary since 2006. From 1993 through 2007, Mr. Cuggino served as the Fund’s Treasurer. Mr. Cuggino is a Certified Public Accountant, and he holds a B.S. degree from Bentley University in Waltham, Mass.
