Carla L. Provost (born November 21, 1969)[1] is a retired American government official who served as the Chief of the United States Border Patrol from August 2018 through January 2020.

[9] In September 2015, she was tasked with investigating allegations of wrongdoing and rooting out corruption, becoming Deputy Assistant Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Professional Responsibility.

Provost was officially promoted to the position of Chief in August 2018, a move widely supported by the Border Patrol workforce.

[9] In July 2019, an investigation was launched into "disturbing social media activity hosted on a private Facebook group that may include a number of CBP employees".

[11] In a July 2019 congressional hearing, Provost testified that she was "an infrequent user of Facebook" and first learned of the offensive posts in reporting by ProPublica.