The University of Texas at El Paso would have proceeded with two Title IX complaints against former Vice President for Institutional Advancement Jake Logan if he had not resigned in early June, according to a pair of July 25 memos UTEP sent Logan.
Both cases were dismissed in accordance with the university’s Title IX procedures and UTEP’s sexual misconduct policy because Logan no longer worked for the institution, according to memos from UTEP’s Office of Institutional Compliance/Title IX program. Title IX investigations often focus on potential sex-based discrimination, but could include stalking, sexual assault, sexual harassment and domestic violence.
“Please note that, had (Logan) remained an employee of the University, this matter would have proceeded,” according to the memos sent to Logan from UTEP’s Title IX office. El Paso Matters received the correspondence as a result of an open records request.
Logan also had been the subject of a separate 2024 inquiry by the Office of Human Resources for purported “inappropriate behavior” at a 2023 Institutional Advancement office holiday party. HR gave the complainant options on how to handle the situation, including filing a report with the Title IX or Equal Employment Opportunity Office. She requested that Human Resources talk with Logan.
Logan, who denied he did anything wrong at the holiday party to Human Resources investigators, sent El Paso Matters a statement in regards to the Title IX complaints.
“I take workplace protections seriously and respect the importance of fair internal processes,” he wrote. “However, the claims included factual inaccuracies, and significant aspects of the investigation were mishandled.
“While I was not surprised that the investigator dismissed the complaints, as was appropriate, I was disappointed by the decision to link the dismissal to my resignation. I stand firmly by my long record of professional integrity and leadership, reflecting years of dedication and achievement in higher education.”
El Paso County records show that Logan sold his Westside home in August. Duval County, Florida, records show that he lived in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, as of early September.
Both UTEP memos offered a path to appeal the decision to dismiss the cases. The appeal deadline was Aug. 8.
In an Aug. 15 letter to Logan, Gabriel Ramirez, UTEP’s Title IX coordinator, wrote that Logan had sent two emails to his office in response to the July 25 memos. The first came Aug. 8, but he did not mention its contents. Ramirez wrote that Logan sent a second email Aug. 13 that stated that his previous email should not be interpreted as an appeal.
As a result, Ramirez said that the matter was closed.
Ramirez distributed the correspondence with Beatriz Tapia, director of UTEP’s Equal Opportunity Office, and Anna Bullock, an associate with Ohio-based Korhman Jackson & Krantz LLP’s Student & Athlete Defense practice group. The letters also were sent to one or two people whose names were redacted.
However, an unnamed complainant or complainants filed an appeal through UTEP’s Office of the President. University President Heather Wilson responded to the appeal Sept. 5. In her note, Wilson explained that the appeal was not enough to overturn Ramirez’s conclusion to end the investigation, which was based on UTEP’s sexual misconduct policy. Additionally, Wilson said that possible bias or conflicts of interest also are considered and that she concluded after a review that Ramirez and an unnamed investigator had done their jobs in an unbiased and professional manner.
“In accordance with (UTEP’s) Handbook of Operating Procedures, this decision is final and may not be appealed further,” Wilson wrote.
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Logan had not been on campus much from February 2025 through his resignation four months later. The university named Gary Edens as the acting head of Institutional Advancement in February. Edens is the university’s former vice president for Student Affairs, and serves as a professor of practice in the Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations.
UTEP hired Logan in April 2020 and he started a month later. He and his team began to break institutional fundraising records for four consecutive fiscal years. During the 2024 reporting period, his office brought in more than $50.5 million.
The university announced Tuesday, Oct. 21, that it had raised $41.5 million in fiscal year 2025, which ended Aug. 31. Some of the larger gifts went to scholarships and athletics.
The money raised through this office funds research, student scholarships, resources such as the UTEP Food Pantry, and upgrades to learning spaces for the university’s nearly 26,300 students.
The university, in partnership with Lindauer, posted the vice president of Institutional Advancement job on the Chronicle of Higher Education jobs board Sept. 12. The salary was not specified. In fiscal year 2024, Logan’s salary was $376,800 and included an annual $1,800 communication device allowance.
Lindauer is a national, women-led executive search firm based in Boston. It specializes in the areas of health care, academic medicine and higher education. The business’ founding principle is to advance nonprofit equity and inclusion.
In the job description, UTEP requested someone with vision and experience to lead UTEP’s advancement strategy, and to build philanthropy and engagement to strengthen a nationally recognized access-driven research university.
The description goes on to say that the next Institutional Advancement leader will work with the president and other senior leaders to create and implement UTEP’s fundraising priorities and strategies, cultivate major and transformative gifts, expand alumni engagement, and promote a sustainable fundraising program aligned with university goals.
A university spokeswoman did not respond to a question about a timeline to hire a new vice president.
Seth Perlman, senior partner who specializes in the field of philanthropy with New York-based Perlman and Perlman LLP, a leading nonprofit law firm, said that the success of UTEP’s Institutional Advancement under Logan probably means that there is a solid foundation for the next vice president.
Perlman said the institution’s recent fundraising history showed a good pipeline of potential donors and supporters, and a good team doing the outreach. As long as the problem does not become a scandal, there should not be a problem moving forward, he said.
“An organization’s reputation, its brand, especially in the university fundraising world, actually all nonprofit fundraising, brand and reputation are the most valuable asset,” Perlman said during a telephone interview. “If you taint the reputation, you significantly impact the ability to raise money.”
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