The story behind the abrupt departure of one of Oregon’s highest-paid public employees

Longtime Salem insider Chip Terhune scored a great gig. Last month, without warning, he was gone. 

By Nigel Jaquiss

Oregon Journalism Project

It’s not every day that a public employee in Oregon walks away from a job that pays nearly $850,000 a year.

But when Charles “Chip” Terhune III abruptly — and quietly — left his post as CEO of SAIF Corp. last month, his employer announced the departure in a remarkably indirect fashion.

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