BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID://VCPA//212349 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260418T085423 VTIMEZONE:America/New_York DTSTART:20260519T160000Z DTEND:20260519T170000Z UID:212349 SUMMARY:Closing The Retirement Savings Gap: State Auto-IRAs LOCATION:, VA DESCRIPTION:Closing The Retirement Savings Gap: State Auto-IRAs\n\n05/19/26 12:00 PM EST\n - 05/19/26 01:00 PM EST\Description:\nIn response to a growing retirement savings gap, the Commonwealth of Virginia mandates certain private sector businesses to register and facilitate a retirement savings plan for their employees. Commonwealth Savers, formerly Virginia529, launched RetirePath Virginia in 2023. Join this session for an overview of the Commonwealth’s auto-enrollment, state-facilitated retirement savings program and what eligible employers need to do to stay compliant.\n\nAttendees will leave the session with an understanding of:\n\n Why this law was passed\n Requirements to stay compliant\n Who is required to take action\n What eligible Virginians need to know\n\n\nDate: Tuesday, May 19, 2026\nTime: 12:00 pm - 1:00pm\nLocation: Live Webinar\nSpeaker: Mary G. Morris is the Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Savers (formerly known as Virginia529) \nBenefit: 1 CPE credit\nCost: Free for members, Guests pay $25\n\n\nPresenter Bio:\nMary G. Morris is the Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Savers (formerly known\nas Virginia529), which provides the largest tax-advantaged education savings program in\nthe country with the Invest529 and CollegeAmerica programs; the tax-advantaged\ndisability savings ABLEnow and ABLEAmerica programs; and RetirePath Virginia, a\nstate-facilitated workplace private retirement program launched in June 2023.\nCommonwealth Savers also sponsors SOAR Virginia, which administers a variety of\nscholarship and access, affordability, and attainment initiatives to foster inclusion in\neducational access and make post secondary education more affordable and accessible\nto all.\nMary works with the executive team to develop the strategic vision and coordinates the\noperations, resources, outreach, and investments of Commonwealth Savers; she is\ninvolved in state and federal legislative and governance issues relating to 529, ABLE and\nprivate retirement initiatives and policy. Mary is a lawyer and, in private practice,\nspecialized in tax, public finance, securities and ESG matters. In the public sector, earlier\nin her career she served as a Virginia Senior Assistant Attorney General for Tax and\nFinance and served a term as the Treasurer of Virginia.\nMary earned her Juris Doctor and Master of Law and Taxation from the Marshall-Wythe\nSchool of Law, College of William and Mary. She is active in both national 529\norganizations, having served terms as Chair of both the College Savings Plans Network\nand the College Savings Foundation. Mary is a member of the boards of the Virginia\nCouncil on Economic Education (VCEE) and the Virginia Foundation for Community\nCollege Education (VFCCE) and a former board member of Junior Achievement of\nCentral Virginia (JACV). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Closing The Retirement Savings Gap: State Auto-IRAs

05/19/26 12:00 PM EST - 05/19/26 01:00 PM EST
Description:
In response to a growing retirement savings gap, the Commonwealth of Virginia mandates certain private sector businesses to register and facilitate a retirement savings plan for their employees. Commonwealth Savers, formerly Virginia529, launched RetirePath Virginia in 2023. Join this session for an overview of the Commonwealth’s auto-enrollment, state-facilitated retirement savings program and what eligible employers need to do to stay compliant.

Attendees will leave the session with an understanding of:
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00pm
Location: Live Webinar
Speaker: Mary G. Morris is the Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Savers (formerly known as Virginia529) 
Benefit: 1 CPE credit
Cost: Free for members, Guests pay $25


Presenter Bio:
Mary G. Morris is the Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Savers (formerly known
as Virginia529), which provides the largest tax-advantaged education savings program in
the country with the Invest529 and CollegeAmerica programs; the tax-advantaged
disability savings ABLEnow and ABLEAmerica programs; and RetirePath Virginia, a
state-facilitated workplace private retirement program launched in June 2023.
Commonwealth Savers also sponsors SOAR Virginia, which administers a variety of
scholarship and access, affordability, and attainment initiatives to foster inclusion in
educational access and make post secondary education more affordable and accessible
to all.
Mary works with the executive team to develop the strategic vision and coordinates the
operations, resources, outreach, and investments of Commonwealth Savers; she is
involved in state and federal legislative and governance issues relating to 529, ABLE and
private retirement initiatives and policy. Mary is a lawyer and, in private practice,
specialized in tax, public finance, securities and ESG matters. In the public sector, earlier
in her career she served as a Virginia Senior Assistant Attorney General for Tax and
Finance and served a term as the Treasurer of Virginia.
Mary earned her Juris Doctor and Master of Law and Taxation from the Marshall-Wythe
School of Law, College of William and Mary. She is active in both national 529
organizations, having served terms as Chair of both the College Savings Plans Network
and the College Savings Foundation. Mary is a member of the boards of the Virginia
Council on Economic Education (VCEE) and the Virginia Foundation for Community
College Education (VFCCE) and a former board member of Junior Achievement of
Central Virginia (JACV). PRIORITY:3 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT BEGIN:VALARM TRIGGER:-PT5M ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Reminder END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR