Dr. Daniel F. Flores has been President of Sociedad Wesleyana since 2003. His first leadership role in Wesley scholarship was during his tenure 2000--2001 as Director of Studies at the Charles Wesley Heritage Centre in Bristol, England. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in American Religion and Culture from Drew University; Masters degrees in theology from Drew University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary. His academic interests include Methodist history, classical Christian spirituality, Hispanic culture, and practice of ministry. A third generation Tejano, his concern for making theological education accessible led to founding Sociedad Wesleyana.

Dr. Flores co-pastors La Trinidad United Methodist Church - Fort Worth with his wife the Rev. Thelma Herrera Flores, (BA, Drew, MAR, Yale University Divinity School).  An ordained Deacon, she is a Junior Fellow of the Manchester Wesley Research Centre and a Ph.D. student in Wesleyan Spirituality at Nazarene Theological College, University of Manchester, England.

Dr. Eliezer Valentín-Castañón is an Associate General Secretary for the South Central Jurisdiction, at the General Commission on Religion and Race of The United Methodist Church. Prior to coming to the General Commission, he was the Director of Civil and Human Rights at the General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church. Among his responsibilities with GBCS Dr. Valentín-Castañón, worked on issues of Public Education, Immigration Policy, Welfare Reform, Affirmative Action, Restorative Justice, Capital Punishment, and Minimum Sentencing, Separation of Church and State, and others. He has worked in Washington for the past 10 years bringing the witness of The United Methodist Church to the heart of Capitol Hill.  In 1987, he entered Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, N.Y. where he obtained his Master of Divinities degree in 1990. In 2002, he received his Doctor of Ministry degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. In 1989, he was ordained deacon and in 1990 he was appointed to the First United Methodist Church of East Hampton, N.Y., where he served for 4 years. In 1994, he was appointed to the Quakertown, U.M.C. in The Greater New Jersey Conference (then known as the Northern NJ Annual Conference), and then appointed to the General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church, where he served for 10 years.

Eliezer is married to Magda E. Morales and together with their children, Daniel (12) and Eduardo (8), they attend Calvary United Methodist Church in Frederick, MD. They have been happily married for 19 years.

Education
M.S.S.W., University of Texas at Arlington, 1978; B.A., University of North Texas, 1966

Publication
Pentecost Journey: A Planning Guide for Hispanic Ministries (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 1999)

Professional Distinctions
Ordained deacon, Central Texas Conference, United Methodist Church; member, The General Commission on the Status and Role of Women, The United Methodist Church; former General Board of Global Ministries missionary for Hispanic Ministries assigned to the Commission on Church Growth and Development, Central Texas Conference; former executive director, Metropolitan Board of Missions, The United Methodist Church, Fort Worth, TX