Patrick Pizzella (born May 19, 1954)[5] is a former American government official who served as the 36th United States Deputy Secretary of Labor from April 17, 2018 to January 20, 2021.

In 2019, after the resignation of Alexander Acosta, Pizzella served as the acting United States Secretary of Labor for more than 2 months.

Pizzella worked as a political field staffer for Ronald Reagan's 1976 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, then spent four years, from 1977 to 1980, as executive director of right-to-work committees in New Mexico and Delaware.

[13] Pizzella worked at Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds LLP as director of coalitions from 1996 to 1997, and as government affairs counselor from 1998 to 2001.

[15] After the election of George W. Bush in November 2000, Pizzella assisted the presidential transition by serving for several months as acting chief of staff at the United States Office of Personnel Management.

Pizzella was designated by President George W. Bush to serve as a member of the board of directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation from January 18, 2004, to April 26, 2005.

[26] In August 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Pizzella to fill the Republican (minority party) position on the three-member Federal Labor Relations Authority;[27] he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 16, 2013.

After leaving government service in January 2021, Pizzella accepted an appointment to the Board of Directors of the Job Creators Network[35] and the Leadership Institute.

[36] He has continued to author op-eds on labor issues for National Review, The Hill and Real Clear Politics, among other publications.