Tabb High grad goes to work for Biden administration
Preudhomme joins agriculture office as press assistant
Tabb High School graduate Geoffrey Preudhomme recently began his tenure working for the Biden-Harris administration.
Preudhomme, who graduated from Tabb in 2013, was sworn in March 25 as a press assistant for the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to a video on his YouTube channel.
Hunter Henderson, deputy White House liaison, led Preudhomme through a swearing-in ceremony.
“I think President Joe Biden is one of the best presidents we’ve ever had,” Preudhomme told The Virginia Gazette.
“It’s been a long journey, but I’m glad I always stuck to what I believed in. And I believe whenever you go against a legacy of slavery or mistreatment of not just Black Americans, but all Americans, you can never go wrong, and that’s what I base every decision on.”
Preudhomme was the president of the African American History Club at Tabb, and said he was the 2013 prom king.
“It was a way of just staying true to my identity,” he said about being in the club. “The history of Black people, you know, it’s the history of (the) United States.”
Preudhomme said his years at Tabb showed him he could achieve things beyond what he had previously thought possible. He graduated in 2019 from Radford University, where he was active with the Young Democrats.
“Any space where I’m in is a place where anybody can be somebody,” he said.
His father was a chief master sergeant in the Air Force, which is how Preudhomme’s family came to Virginia.
The newly appointed press assistant has a history in politics.
He worked as a press assistant for U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters of California in 2022.
Preudhomme was also a member of The Memorial Foundation’s inaugural class of Social Justice Fellows. The foundation built the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, and the inaugural class of fellows was part of celebrating the 10th anniversary of the memorial.
Preudhomme said he wants to inspire young people in the area.
“Even one person, if you try hard enough, you can make a difference,” he said. “You can move the needle.”
Sam Schaffer, samuel.schaffer @virginiamedia.com