Renai Ellison, Ed.D.

Owner + CEO, Embrace LIFE Television

Executive Producer + Host, REFLECTIONS with Renai

​

Owner and CEO of Embrace LIFE Television LLC, Dr. Renai Ellison launched the first production for her company on Comcast in July 2025. REFLECTIONS with Dr. Renai airs Thursdays at 4pm EST on Comcast 190 and 1097 in selected zones with replays on YouTube and clips on Facebook and other social platforms.

​

A self-confessed “Life-Long Learner” with four academic degrees to her credit including a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Organizational Leadership, Dr. Renai went back to school after earning her doctorate in 2020 and graduated in 2025 with a Master of Theological Studies (MTS) from Princeton Theological Seminary. She is a first-class communicator, writer, speaker, and multimedia pro with a passion for producing and hosting television shows that educate, enlighten, and encourage audiences.

​

Dr. Renai’s career began when she was an undergraduate after winning a model search contest in New York City that included a contract with the full-figured division of FORD Models. Soon thereafter, Renai embarked on a career as a plus-size model and television host. While serving as an on-air model for QVC, Dr. Renai was promoted to Show Host and began her four decades-long career in television that has included but is not limited to serving as a Fundraising Host on PBS for 16 years, chosen as a Reporter and Host for Better Philly on MyPHL17, and interfacing with on-air and in-person players as the Host and Mistress of Ceremonies for the New Jersey Lottery Show at New Jersey statewide events for 14 years.

​

Expanding her horizons to producing, Dr. Renai has worked as the Executive Producer and Host for EMBRACE LIFE with Renai on WMCN and This Is It TV in Cherry Hill, NJ and Philadelphia, PA. She also penned her memoir and personal development book, From Fake to Phenomenal: 8 Secrets to Abandon Inauthenticity and Embrace Self-Discovery.

​

Pictured with her mother Maryan (below and to the right), Dr. Renai describes herself as a Mama's Girl and devoted daughter, a loyal friend, an avid reader and writer, a lover of fashion, jewelry, art, poetry, and Black Literature, a passionate consumer of music from all genres, a certified Bible Brat and the quintessential Church Nerd."

​

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Dr. Renai has served in various industries:​

​

Higher Education

• Princeton University

• Princeton Theological Seminary

• Rutgers University

• Kean University

• Delaware Valley University

• Rowan University

• Cheyney University

• Holy Family University 

• Camden County College

• Brookdale Community College

• Prism Career Institute

​

Courses and Workshops 

• Leading Strategic Organizational Change

• Leading & Organizing Teams

• Negotiation & Conflict Management

• Crisis Communications

• Public Speaking

• Writing

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, + Belonging (DEIB)

​

Television + Media

• Comcast / Xfinity

• QVC

• HGTV

• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)

• PBS

• New Jersey Network Public Television (NJN)

• MyPhl17

• FOX

• Princeton Community Television 

• Princeton Theological Seminary 

• WMCN

• This Is It! TV

• Delaware Television (DeTV)

• Praise 103.9

• Life Coach Radio Networks 

​

Coaching - Consulting - Training

• Renai Ellison Coaching + Training LLC

• EMBRACE LIFE 

• RARE Coaching + Training LLC

• Performance Plus International (PPI)

• The Retail Performance Company (rpc)

​

Social Services

• New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NJCASA)

• Division of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disabilities in Philadelphia, PA (DBHIDS)

• Department of Human Service of Philadelphia, PA (DHS)

• New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (NYC - DCAS)​​​​

​

Fashion + Modeling

QVC

Jones New York

Lane Bryant

Macys

Bloomingdale's

MODE Magazine

Saks 5th Avenue

Dillard's

Marshall's / TJ Maxx

​

​Automobile 

• BMW of North America

​

Medical

• Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (now Virtua Health System​​​​

​

​​

​​