Tami Reed has a keen eye for fashion and a razor-sharp wit. A red carpet correspondent and on-air talent, her engaging personality has caught the attention of major brands. She’s been tapped by Kmart, ALDI,Ford, Chambord, Ambi,Disney, 11Alive News, Rolling Out, Vibe Vixen and Spanx for a range of opportunities – from hosting to social media campaigns.
The Midwest native earned her bachelors degree in business management and a certification in television production. For years, before planting her stilettos in the field of media, Tami owned a successful beauty enterprise. In 2005, she executive produced the eponymous talk show, “Talking with Tami,” where she introduced viewers to entrepreneurial ventures. She has always been passionate about people owning businesses.
Not content with resting on her laurels and her social media savvy, in 2007, she became content chief of a web enterprise, talkingwithtami.com, which highlights celebrities and fashion. You can catch Tami sporting her signature color, pink, backstage or on the red carpet at major shows like ASCAP Awards, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, NAACP Image Awards, Grammy Awards, Miss America Pageant, Lucky Magazine’s Fashion & Beauty Blogger Conference,Trumpet Awards, BET Awards and Bravo’s A-List Awards. Invitations to host signature events have come from Real Men Cook, Miss Africa USA and Miss Black Georgia and more.
In 2011, Tami was simultaneously recruited by national lifestyle publications, Rolling Out and Kontrol Magazine, to serve as lifestyle editor. She’s conducted one-on-one interviews with Usher, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Iman, Sarah Ferguson (the Duchess of York), Jane Fonda, Chanel Iman, Fergie, Dita Von Teese, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Blair Underwood, Jesse Jackson and many others.
A trendsetter, she’s made guest appearances on Fox’s “Morning Show with Mike and Juliet”, HGTV’s “Deserving Design with Vern Yip,” Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” MTV’s “Are you serious?,” VH1s’ “The Chilli Project” and CBS’s “Better Mornings: Ambush Makeover.” Tami has been recognized as one of the Top 25 Women of Atlanta, Metromix’s Top Tweeps of Atlanta, Spelman College’s Women of Diversity in Social Media, CHOZEN Awards’ Newsmaker of the Year, Digitini Award recipient in Social Media, a 2011 participant in Women Entrepreneurs Day in Georgia and a Certificate of Appreciation for Stars of the Century. In April 2012 she was named Alive’s magazine Fashion Entrepreneur Of The Year. She also was contacted by Ford in April 2012 to be Ford Escape Routes Local Digital Correspondent and blogger for their new reality show on NBC. She’s been featured in national magazines like Essence, Lucky Mag,Self,Family Circle and Glamour.
A wife and mother of tweens, Tami gives back by mentoring at-risk teens and homeless women, and speaks annually in her resident Gwinnett County, Ga. at their Peer Leadership Workshop.
