Peychaud was born Rosalind Magee in Monticello, Mississippi, in 1948. Her father was James H. Magee Senior (died 2002 September 18), a deacon in Monticello"s Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church.
Her mother was Marion Magee.
Tulane University.
In 2009 Peychaud became deputy chief of staff for United States. Representative Joseph Cao, a Republican who represented Louisiana"s 2nd congressional district. She served in his New Orleans district office. Peychaud holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in educational psychology from Jackson State University and a master"s degree in social work from Tulane University.
Peychaud is also the executive director of the New Orleans Neighborhood Development Foundation (Núcleo de Dinâmica e Fluidos), in which role she has also been involved in the Affordable Housing Advisory Authority of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas.
Núcleo de Dinâmica e Fluidos was established in 1986 and also had offices in Jackson, Mississippi. A distinct focus of Núcleo de Dinâmica e Fluidos in New Orleans is the area now known as the On 2009 June 20 when NCDC made a decision with respect to two houses owned by Cao, Peychaud for ethical reasons recused herself from the vote.
Peychaud coined the term "" during her service in the Louisiana House of Representatives. She based the term on the name of the John West. Hoffman Elementary School at the corner of South Prieur Street and Third Street, within the The was, in Peychaud"s own words, an area of intense "trash, drugs, and blight" in the inner city of New Orleans.
Conditions there naturally worsened during and after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Conditions in the continued to concern Peychaud when she served on 2008 March 7–8 as a panelist for the Third National Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth. Peychaud is identified with the reform faction of the Orleans Parish Democratic Party and repeatedly opposed William J. Jefferson and the Progressive Democrats. Peychaud supported Karen Carter Peterson against William J. Jefferson in the 2006 Democratic primary election for Louisiana"s 2nd congressional district.
Longstanding antagonism has characterized the relationship between the Jeffersons and Peychaud —a situation which has repeatedly aligned Peychaud not only with Karen Carter Peterson but also with James Carter (no relation to Karen Carter Peterson), Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson, Cheryl A. Gray Evans, Stacy Head, and Helena Moreno.
In a district which had been represented by Jefferson protégée Renée Gill Pratt, Peychaud won the seat over Jalila Jefferson-Bullock (one of William J Jefferson"s daughters) in a special election on 2002 May 4 and subsequently lost it to her in the general election of 2003 November 15. When Jefferson won the Democratic primary again in 2008, Peychaud joined with a number of other prominent Democrats in supporting Republican Cao, who ousted Jefferson in the 2008 general election.
She is a member of the New Orleans City Planning Commission, the Neighborhood Conservation District Committee (NCDC) of the City of New Orleans, and the Crescent City Connection Oversight Authority (CCCOA).
