Rev. Dan Hurlbert in an elder in the Desert Southwest Conference. Dan was born in Phoenix, Arizona. His great, great, grandfather brought the family to the Phoenix area in the 1800s.  His name was Francis Asbury Young—Methodism goes back in the family for generations.

Dan became active in connectional ministries as a youth first attending Annual Conference in 1979. Dan has served churches in rural and urban areas and been a campus minister. He spent twelve years on the board of ordained ministry, the last five as chairperson. He believes his legislative expertise to be in the area of higher education and ministry with particular knowledge of the candidacy and ordination processes.

A Las Vegas native, Paul is a reserve delegate representing the Desert Southwest Conference. Paul has been active in ministry in the UMC for 10 years as a PK. He’s an Arizona State Sun Devil and is a member of Red Mountain UMC in Mesa, AZ. Paul has served on the executive committee of the General Commission on Communication and the GCFA Committee on Personnel, Policies and Procedures. He is the Manager, Hispanic/Latino Seeker Communications at United Methodist Communications.

Rev. Anthony Tang’s grandfather arrived in Arizona in 1919. Born and raised in the Valley of the Sun, he attended both University of Arizona for undergrad and Arizona State University for a 2003 Executive MBA. His MDiv degree was earned in 1997 from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.

 Anthony is blessed to have served on the General Commission on Archives and History and to currently serve on the General Council on Finance and Administration which has helped refine his global perspective of the church’s ministry. He is also a member of the WJ Committee on Appeals, a part of our legal structure, and has been elected second (i.e., first reserve) to General Conference in 2012, 2016, and 2020. He is thankful to be pastor of Desert Mission UMC of Scottsdale.