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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The most egregious is seeing US aid leaders go to NGO companies and make millions being a CEO, where they probably steered money to the company they planned to join![/quote]

You're going to have to back this up. [/quote]

Sure. The cleaner claim is not that every case proves corruption, but that there is a clear revolving door where senior USAID officials later move into top paid leadership roles at organizations already operating in the same aid ecosystem.

Dennis Vega left senior USAID leadership in Aug 2024 as Acting Deputy Administrator for Management and Resources, then became President and CEO of Pact that same month. Pact was already a longtime USAID implementing partner before he arrived.
https://sid-us.org/dennis-vega
https://www.pactworld.org/leadership/dennis-vega

Gayle Smith left as USAID Administrator in Jan 2017 and by March 2017 became CEO of the ONE Campaign, a major foreign aid advocacy group that lobbies on development spending and global aid priorities.
https://www.devex.com/news/one-campaign-announces-gayle-smith-as-ceo-89643

Jeremy Konyndyk held senior USAID humanitarian roles, then became President of Refugees International, a major advocacy organization influencing refugee and humanitarian policy.
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-and-news/refugees-international-welcomes-new-president-jeremy-konyndyk/

Rajiv Shah went from USAID Administrator to President of the Rockefeller Foundation, one of the most powerful global development philanthropies.
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/profiles/rajiv-shah/

So yes, this absolutely happens. Whether any specific person "steered money" would require evidence, but the revolving door itself is real: people move from controlling aid priorities and relationships inside USAID to prestigious, highly compensated leadership jobs in the same foreign aid network.[/quote]

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