Rafi Taherian | Senior Consultant and Strategic Advisor

A former AVP of Yale Hospitality, Rafi Taherian leads with a strong belief and commitment to leveraging hospitality operations to create opportunities for engaged learning, innovation, and sustainable practices. Today, Rafi is a Senior Consultant, serving institutions with a mission of research, teaching, preservation, and practice of knowledge translated into the language of food and its supporting systems.

Rafi’s ongoing engagement with food industry professionals and thought leaders results in many initiatives at the local, regional, national, and international levels that support a plant-centric approach. He created craveable menus that are not only better for the people and better for the planet but are also developed using ethical and humane practices at every stage of the food system.