Anthony DeStefano serves as the executive director of Priests for Life, a not-for-profit religious organization based in New York, as well as the president of various for-profit companies. He is a member of the National Religious Broadcasters Organization (NRB), the Royal Institute of Philosophy, in London, and was recently elected a member of the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), also based in the United Kingdom.

Anthony has a diverse background in business and media. After attending Stuyvesant High School in New York City he obtained a degree in Philosophy/Theology summa cum laude from St. John’s University. He then became President of Fulton Electronics Corp., managing a chain of electronics retail outlets in New York City. He also worked for two years as an op-ed columnist for the Staten Island Advance. Recently, Anthony signed a two-book deal with Doubleday Books, as well as Random House Audio, Transworld Publishers in the United Kingdom and a host of other major publishing houses in Europe, Asia and South America. His book, A Travel Guide to Heaven was published in September of 2003.

Anthony has received many awards and honors from a variety of religious communities. In 2002, he was given an honorary Doctorate from the Joint Academic Commission of the National Clergy Council and the Methodist Episcopal Church for "the advancement of Christian beliefs in modern culture." The commission is made up of outstanding Evangelical, Orthodox and Protestant theologians and educators. In 2003, he was made a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta-- the oldest existing Order in the Catholic Church. In the same year, he was awarded the "Defender of Israel" medal from the International Jewish Center for Hope, in Jerusalem, given in recognition of his "longtime, enthusiastic, and vigorous support of the State of Israel and for Jewish causes throughout the world."

An avid pilot, Anthony serves as a senior member of the US Airforce's auxiliary Civil Air Patrol. He is also a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and the Flight Safety Foundation.

He is 40 years old and lives on Long Island with his wife Kimberly, a kindergarten teacher. A Travel Guide to Heaven is his first book.