Carl Risch

Carl C. Risch
15th Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs
In office
August 11, 2017  December 21, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byMichele Thoren Bond
Succeeded byRena Bitter
Personal details
Born (1970-03-10) March 10, 1970
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
SpouseWendy
Children2
EducationBloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (BA)
Pennsylvania State University (JD)

Carl C. Risch (born March 10, 1970) is an American lawyer and former government official who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs within the U.S. Department of State from 2017 to 2020, as acting chief of staff for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and as Deputy Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review within the U.S. Department of Justice. He was a field office director for USCIS at the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea and a Foreign Service Officer with the United States Department of State.