2025 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit

Ebun Ayandele is a manager in RMI’s Climate-Aligned Industries program. She manages workstreams on mitigating methane emissions from municipal solid waste, including developing mitigation strategies, conducting techno-economic analysis, designing workshops, developing capacity for municipal waste officials, and providing policy advisory.

Ebun began her career at RMI with the Africa Energy Program, where she supported rural electrification strategies to provide affordable, reliable, and clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa through techno-economic modeling of mini-grid systems, and market research and project implementation.

She holds a dual master’s degree in Energy Systems from Northeastern University and chemical engineering from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from University at Buffalo.