Sean Tufts

After retiring from the NFL in 2006, Tufts returned to the University of Colorado at Boulder to pursue his Master of Business Administration at the university's Leeds School of Business. There, Tufts majored in Energy and Finance, was voted Class President^[4] and was the Director of the Net Impact Case Competition.^[5] While pursuing his MBA, Tufts joined the Ralphie Handlers, a group responsible for leading Ralphie the Buffalo, the Colorado Buffaloes' mascot onto the field before every Colorado home football game.^[6] Tufts was the first and only former CU football player to run Ralphie.^[7]

Tufts began has post-football professional career in wind energy as a Development Manager for RES Americas, based in Broomfield, Colorado.^[4] He assisted in development of 460MW of wind energy projects in North America. In late 2011, Tufts, along with former Colorado teammate Jeremy Bloom, was selected to Forbes' inaugural "30 Under 30", a list of 30 young entrepreneurs, for his work in the energy sector.^[8]

He left RES Americas in 2013 to take a role with General Electric where he served as a Global Key Account Manager for vendors in the utility and oil and gas space. In May 2014, GE acquired the industrial cyber security company, Wurldtech,^{[9][better source needed]} and recruited Tufts to sell security solutions in the mid-stream, LNG, offshore drilling, mining, and renewable markets.

In 2017, Tufts joined Denver based Optiv, as a Security Solution Integrator specializing in heavy industrial projects and serves as ISSA Denver Oil and Gas Special Interest Group coordinator.^[10][11]

Tufts was appointed to president of the Buffs4Life Foundation in June 2018.^[12] The foundation focuses on Mental Health for former athletes at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The group has raised over $750K since its formation in 2004. This includes major fundraisers for over 50 former athletes including John Hessler,^[13] Chancellor Lee Adams ^[14] and more. Tufts has been locally and nationally recognized for his work with the foundation including features on 9News, Denver Post, Pac12 Network, ESPN and Fox Sports.^[15]

Sean grew up in Centennial, Colorado.^[16] On June 26, 2010, Tufts married Orly Ripmaster, a former soccer and lacrosse player at Harvard University,^[17] in Vail, Colorado.They have two young children ^[18]