Take this woman called Gayle Smith, who started her career as journalist in Africa and worked as such for over 20 years there. She built every possible connection and then in almost every issue about Africa involved since then, in this case as a decision maker of highest level.
There could be something that can bring her to the Ruandan Genocide of 1994? But anyhow the world was blamed for not stopping it, for whatever reason.
Among others, for USAID, US-National Security Council, Center for American Progress, Clinten Global Initiative, then one more time US-National Security Council as a Special Assistant to President Obama and Senior Director for Development and Democracy, then again as an Administrator of USAID (here also one more time in the institution), President of ONE-Campaign, etc.
Then now she is also someone expected to tackle COVID-19 crisis, for the same world she was making decisions for a long time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayle_SmithOn March 5, 2021, it was announced that Smith would be the coordinator of the global COVID response and health security at the U.S. Department of State,[2] where she will focus on COVID financing, capacity, and global efforts to distribute COVID vaccines equitably.[15] As part of this program, Smith will work on the 2021 COVAX Investment Opportunity, an approach to funding the World Health Organization's COVAX Facility, which provides vaccinations to low- and middle-income countries.[16]
Putting the same people in key positions and expecting a different outcome every time, we are fool.