Deputy Under Secretary Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans
Robert Paschall is a career member of the Senior Executive Service, currently serving as the Department of Homeland Security's Deputy Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans. In this role, Mr. Paschall is responsible for the development, coordination, and implementation of DHS strategies and policies to advance the mission in the following areas: Counterterrorism, Threat Prevention and Law Enforcement; Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience; International Affairs; Border and Immigration; and Trade and Economic Security.
Previously Mr. Paschall served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, where his portfolio includes oversight of the Department's international engagements—including the strategy and coordination of multilateral and bilateral engagements, DHS’s international governance, and the Visa Waiver Program. Mr. Paschall is also responsible for international engagements focusing on information sharing, counterterrorism, aviation security, preventing terrorist use of the internet, countering violent extremism, preventing Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA), irregular migration, travel facilitation, and other trans-regional issues.
Prior to this position, Mr. Paschall was the DHS's Regional Attaché to Europe and the U.S. Mission to the European Union and was the DHS's senior representative in Europe, responsible for coordinating DHS European policy. Mr. Paschall was also the DHS Attaché for the United Kingdom, where he coordinated Homeland Security activities in the UK and Ireland.
Mr. Paschall was an Associate General Counsel at DHS. In this capacity, he provided legal counsel for acquisition law, labor and employment, appropriations and fiscal law, and environmental issues. Mr. Paschall also served as a Major in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the U.S. Army.
Mr. Paschall holds a B.A. from Columbia University, a J.D. from New York Law School, and a Master of Laws in Environmental Law from The Elisabeth Haub (Pace) School of Law and is an expert in public policy.
He has been married to his wife, Kim, for 25 years.