Taniya NayakSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

Ellen Degeneres chose her as a brand ambassador for her home goods line, "ED On Air," which debuted on QVC in 2015. Since 2016, she has also been a co-host of ABC's primetime holiday series "The Great Christmas Light Fight." Taniya established her own design business, Taniya Nayak Design, Inc., in 2005.

She focuses on creating innovative business and residential environments with both broad appeal and personal connection, has created for a variety of locations and budgets. Taniya's design business has a diverse clientele that includes restaurants, condo projects, and high-end residences.

Taniya was born in India and reared in Boston, and her design approach is heavily influenced by her creative family, particularly her father, a great architect who recently got his AIA Fellowship.

Taniya's design aesthetic and cheery attitude won her first television role on ABC Family's Knock First shortly after she completed her master's in Interior Architecture at Boston Architectural College. Nayak was one of the successful show's four designers and co-hosts, aimed towards trendy, ambitious teenagers.

She subsequently moved to HGTV as a designer on Designed to Sell, where she assisted homeowners in increasing the value of their houses and preparing them for sale.

Architectural Digest India, HGTV Magazine, Design New England, People, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, The Boston Globe, Family Circle, The Washington Post, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, Better Homes & Gardens, and many more publications have highlighted Nayak's helpful design advice.

Taniya has been on The Ellen Degeneres Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC's Good Morning America and The View, NBC's Today, CBS' The Early Show & The Talk, and Rachael Ray's show.

She is a dedicated fundraiser for charities including Akshaya Patra, No Kid Hungry, Room To Dream, Smile Train, BAC Spring Gala, Habitat For Humanity, Find The Cause Breast Cancer Foundation, Together She Can, and Charlotte's Run.