Luis Benitez is back with push for a federal outdoor recreation office

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Luis Benitez, the first director of Colorado’s outdoor recreation office who helped forge the model for state outdoor recreation policy, is returning to the spotlight. 

“It’s good to be back,” he said. “Now I can get pushy again.”

After four years as vice president of global impact and government affairs at Denver-based VF Corp. and head of the global apparel giant’s VF Foundation, Benitez is shifting back into the public world. He’s going to help with CU Boulder’s Masters of the Environment graduate program. He’s taking up the outdoor…