Roshelle Payes

Roshelle Payes (Parent Trustee) is Project Director of Early Childhood and Health with Nemours’ Children’s Health System. She supports the CDC-funded Healthy Kids, Healthy Future Technical Assistance Program which promotes healthy eating and physical activity in early care and education settings in 11 states. She also supports Project HOPE (Harnessing Opportunities for Positive, Equitable Early Childhood) supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Roshelle guides partnership engagement, strategic planning, and communications efforts. Prior to joining Nemours, Roshelle was a Food and Nutrition Technical Advisor at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). She holds a BS in Foreign Service, with a regional focus on Latin America, from Georgetown University and an MPH in Global Health Policy from The George Washington University. Roshelle is a proud resident of Petworth where you can regularly find her on her porch with her husband, daughter, and son.