Sal L. Tripodi maintained a consulting practice in the employee benefits area, TRI Pension Services. Through TRI Pension Services, he provided technical training and consulting services in ERISA-related areas, and conducted numerous seminars around the country, including an annual seminar in Honolulu until 2019. He is the original author of a nine-volume reference guide, “The ERISA Outline Book,”which is used by pension practitioners nationwide. Effective January 1, 2019, the rights to “The ERISA Outline Book” were acquired by the American Retirement Association, which now updates the book. Until January 2024, TRI PensionServices published an electronic quarterly newsletter, eRISA Update. Sal served as the President of the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) for the 2007-2008 term. He was an adjunct professor at the Universityof Denver Graduate Tax Program from 1986 through 2007.
He started his employee benefits career with the Internal Revenue Service (1979-1983). From 1983 to 2024, Sal worked in the private sector, consulting on employee benefit matters, writing reference materials concerning employee benefit plans, and conducting numerous seminars. In 2001, Mr. Tripodi received ASPPA’s Educator Award and in 2013 was awarded ASPPA’s Eidson Founders Award. He is a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel since 2007. Mr. Tripodi received a J.D. at Catholic University of America Law School (1979) and an LL.M. at GeorgetownUniversity Law School (1983).
In retirement, he has become involved in a host of communityand charitable activities. He is a founder of the Upper Downtown Neighborhood Association in Denver and chairs the Arts & Beautification Committee, which is focused on fostering more publicly available art in Downtown Denver and enhance the visual aesthetics of the city. He serves on the Board of Directors of his condo association and on the Board of the 14th Street General Improvement District in Denver. He works closely with Elevated Denver, an organization focused on the delivery and accessibility of services to theunhoused. He has been involved in several local political campaigns and works with Mayor Johnston’s office on a regular basis.
Retirement has also provided ample time for Sal and hiswife, Mimi, to travel and to visit their daughter Francesca in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and her husband and two children, and their daughter Maggie in San Bruno, California, and her husband and two children.
