CCS alumni Gibran Villalobos (BA Art History, BS Public Relations 2007) was featured in the spring 2021 issue of Pine Magazine, the alumni magazine for NAU, for his recognition as one of 14 inaugural Leaders for a New Chicago by the Field Foundation of Illinois in 2019. The award, granted in collaboration with the MacArthur Foundation, recognizes a range of established and emerging leaders who help build an equitable community and play a major role in shaping the future of the city. Villalobos serves as the Assistant Curator for Performance and Public Practice at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago as well as lectures at the School of Art Institute of Chicago. After graduating from NAU, he completed graduate degrees in art history and arts administration and policy and a certificate in civic leadership.