Payton Bordley is a Project Leader managing the GPL’s work in Washington State and Pueblo County, Colorado. In this role, Payton is supporting tests of new approaches aimed at strengthening social service delivery and improving outcomes for children and families. Between 2021-23, Payton led a project aimed at shrinking punitive interventions by creating a pathway to offer voluntary prevention services to pregnant people with substance use disorders. With Payton’s support, DCYF expanded the program to 9 counties, and secured funding to scale and sustain the program long-term.  

Prior to the GPL, Payton served as the Suicide Prevention Program Manager for the Skokomish Indian Tribe in Washington State. In this role, she stood up and managed a program to connect 10-24 year-old Native American youth to behavioral health supports. She has also worked on issues related to child care access and affordability at the Administration for Children and Families, emergency response at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and racial equity at the City of Seattle. 

Payton holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy & Governance.