Wonder, built by hand

Michael Artsis is a five-time Emmy® Award–winning journalist, media executive, and entrepreneur whose career bridges elite media production, technological innovation, and community building. As a reporter and producer he covered the NHL extensively — the New York Rangers and Islanders, playoff runs, and Stanley Cup Finals — working inside locker rooms, on the ice, and behind the scenes of professional sport.

As an entrepreneur, he built a streaming and flexible-LED technology company whose panels and productions served Disney, network television, and Fifth Avenue retail, and whose live streams became the official coverage of the New York Auto Show, CES, and Toy Fair. He went on to design, build, and operate an Emmy®-nominated immersive museum whose education program was adopted as official curriculum by one of America's twenty largest school districts.

A lifelong hockey player and coach, Michael is co-founder and executive of Stride Hockey and helped assemble the Sophie Gerson Healthy Youth / New York Rangers Learn to Play program, bringing equipment, instruction, and ice time to underserved kids in New York City. The same conviction runs through everything WunderArt builds: talent grows where someone opens a door.

Courtney Wunderlich is a builder by nature and training — equally at home in a data room and a donor salon. She began her career at Guthy-Renker, one of the world's leading direct-to-consumer marketing and production companies, working high-profile launches and national campaigns alongside celebrity partners and creative teams, shaping brand strategy and managing large-scale productions that reached millions.

She then brought that storytelling instinct into finance, honing her advisory skill set at Houlihan Lokey and helping scale William Hood & Company, a boutique investment bank in health, wellness, and consumer, from three people to a firm of more than twenty — contributing across business development, client service, and deal support. Her nonprofit foundation was built at the American Cancer Society, engaging donors, volunteers, and community leaders.

Most recently she has led philanthropy, partnerships, and strategic growth for a mission-driven arts-and-education institution, architecting multi-year giving strategies and turning complex narratives into clear, inspiring cases for support. Colleagues describe her as a force multiplier: tempo, coordination, and warmth, aligning artists, educators, and funders around shared goals.