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Riche Holmes Grant is an award-winning TV host, producer/director, writer, and multi-venture entrepreneur whose creative work spans film, television, digital, and print media. She’s produced content for brands such as Martha Stewart, Better Homes & Gardens, Google, Williams Sonoma, and West Elm, winning a Telly Award for hosting Real Simple magazine’s Home Upgrade makeover series on PeopleTV. Riche is a graduate of Columbia Law School and Brown University and is a licensed attorney in New York and Maryland. She splits her time between the Washington, DC area and Los Angeles with her family.

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Riche Holmes Grant is an award-winning TV host, producer/director, writer, and multi-venture entrepreneur whose work spans film, television, digital, and print media. Whether in front of the camera or behind it, she brings stories to life with a distinctive blend of strategic insight and creative vision.

A graduate of Columbia Law School and Brown University, including a year at the London School of Economics, Riche began her career as an entrepreneur, launching ventures in education and patented consumer products. She later expanded into media, producing content for lifestyle brands such as Martha Stewart, Better Homes & Gardens, Google, Williams Sonoma, and West Elm, earning a Telly Award for hosting Real Simple magazine’s Home Upgrade makeover series on PeopleTV.

As co-founder and creative director of Good Word Media Group, Riche leads the company’s storytelling strategy and oversees the development of original narrative, documentary, and lifestyle content. Her debut film, Good Home Training, premieres at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival in August 2025.

She is a licensed attorney in New York and Maryland, a recipient of the Barrett Hazeltine Prize for Entrepreneurial Mentorship from Brown University’s Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship, a member the Brown President’s Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship, a former appointee to the Maryland Governor’s Commission on Small Business, and a longtime ambassador for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She also serves on the Executive Board of the Annapolis Film Festival.

Riche splits her time between the Washington, DC area and Los Angeles with her husband, daughter, and golden retriever. When she’s not working, she enjoys flowing through yoga poses, capturing the world through her Canon lens, and building intricate LEGO sets.