Stefani first joined the Fox 8 family in 1992 as a reporter and anchor for Good Day Cleveland.
Currently, she co-anchors Fox 8 News in The Morning and Fox 8 News at Noon.
In 2006, Stefani hosted a national network show that was broadcast out of Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.
For over 20 years, she taught voice and dance at her family’s performing arts center in Alliance, Ohio.
On September 14, 2008, Stefani was inducted into the Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
Stefani received the Ohio Governor’s Choice Award in 1989 and was Ohio’s Junior Miss / Ohio’s Young Woman of the Year in 1989.
Stefani and her brother, Thommie, a recording artist in California, toured the country with the Bob Hope USO Troupe from 1979 to 1989. She and her brother had their own show at Geauga Lake Amusement Park in 1983, where they sang, danced and played eight different musical instruments.
They were the youngest seasonal performers at a theme park in the state of Ohio. The brother-sister duo was also the opening act for Barbara Mandrell, Chubby Checker, The Oak Ridge Boys and Alabama.
Stefani is still passionate for music, and remains active today, singing the National Anthem for the Cleveland sports teams and professional teams on the west coast.
Stefani has been very involved in the festivities surrounding the Professional Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Since she was 15 years old, Stefani has sung the National Anthem for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game and performed the opening and closing songs for the Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremonies.
Besides hosting the fashion show and other festivities, Stefani hosted the Hall of Fame Parade national broadcast with Dan Dierdorf for over 20 years.
While attending the University of Mount Union in Alliance, Stefani was an All-American Scholar and a National Collegiate Academic Honoree. She graduated one semester early with a degree in communications, journalism and writing.
Stefani is an Alliance native and a graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas in Louisville and The University of Mount Union.
Stefani has been on the cover of Cleveland Magazine’s Millennium issue featuring Cleveland’s Most Interesting People of 2000. She was also on the cover for “Celebrity Working Mothers.” “Celebrity Homes” featured Stefani in their cover issue as well.
Since 2012, Stefani has been named Cleveland’s Favorite News Anchor and Favorite News Team by the readers of Cleveland Magazine and was also voted in the top favorite TV celebrities in Scene Magazine.
Stefani has also ranked number 1 for her followers, engagement, and interaction on her social media accounts in the city Cleveland.
If you ask her… Stefani will tell you her greatest accomplishment is being a mom to children Race and Siena, who are now 20 and 22 years old. Race is a senior at Villanova and Siena Bella is pursuing her music career as a singer/songwriter. Siena produces, directs and edits her music videos. Stefani serves as Siena’s “mom-A-ger” dealing with the business side of her career.
The family shares a home with several furry family members, Bruno, Marco, Polo, lots of fish and other critters she picks up along the way!
