Oregon State Fund Names Barnett President and CEO

The board of directors of SAIF Corp. in Oregon on Wednesday named Kerry Barnett as the workers’ compensation insurer’s new president and CEO.

Barnett has worked for Cambia Health Solutions, formerly The Regence Group, since 2004, most recently as executive vice president and chief legal officer. He previously held executive positions with ODS Health Plans and HealthFirst Medical Group. From 1993 to 1997, he was director of the Oregon Department of Consumer Business Services, a position that also serves as the state’s insurance commissioner.

Barnett will begin work on May 22, succeeding Interim President and CEO John Gilkey, who is retiring.

SAIF is Oregon’s not-for-profit, state-chartered workers’ comp insurance company.