Sonia Manhas, an administrator in Multnomah County, Ore.’s health department, has resigned her job after a week of media publicity about her affair with county commission Chairman Jeff Cogen.
News of today’s resignation announcement was carried by The Columbian’s Portland news partner, KATU-TV.
Cogen, an elected official, returned to work Monday after taking most of last week off.
Cogen has admitted having an inappropriate affair with Manhas, a county Health Department employee, for more than a year but denied helping her win a promotion last year to the job of director of policy and planning.
