2025 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit

Akif Khan is a clinical fellow at the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC). He is passionate about legal and policy mechanisms that improve waste reduction, resource circularity, and environmental, social, and economic sustainability. His work at FLPC includes building resources that improve domestic and international food donation pathways, highlighting and supporting national-, state-, and local-level food waste reduction policies, and analyzing the impacts of food waste on people and the planet.

He received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law in 2024 and received his bachelor's degrees from UC Irvine in Comparative Literature and Psychology, with a minor in Materials Science and Engineering.