In the C-suite at Commonwealth Savers, Carolyn Bishop and Vivian Shields invest their Ram pride
One of Carolyn Bishop and Vivian Shields’ first conversations at Commonwealth Savers (formerly Virginia529) revealed they both were Virginia Commonwealth University alums.
“A lot of VCU grads work here,” said Bishop, chief operations officer at the independent state agency whose programs include the Invest529 education savings plan. “This is very much a ‘Go Rams’ kind of place.”
They also discovered they came to VCU for similar reasons and have taken away similar lessons.
Shields, who is chief financial officer at Commonwealth Savers, initially planned to pursue nursing but graduated from the School of Business with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, having embraced its focus on problem-solving.
