This is a list of active members of AZTA and where they teach.
Please be aware that not every authorized Zen teacher is a member of AZTA.
The table is sorted by Last Name
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For US use two letter abbreviation when searching (filtering) by State.
| Last Name | First Name | Center | City | State | Country | Lineage | Zen Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay | Jyoshin | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud Lineage | |
| Rainwater | Sylvan | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud | |
| Kotler | Arnold | Paia | HI | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Kieran | Michael | Honolulu | HI | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Diamond Sangha | |
| Cicetti | Raymond | Morristown | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Martin | Debra | Blachly | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kitzes | Bon Soeng Jeffrey | Berkeley | CA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Ford | James | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto Zen/ Harada Yasutani | ||
| Schireson | Grace | North Fork | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Atkinson | Carolyn | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fischer | Zoketsu Norman | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Boissevain | Angie | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Gak | Dae | Clay City | KY | USA | Korean Chogye | ||
| Wick | Gerry Shishin | Lafayette | CO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Moore | Robert | Long Beach | CA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Andersen | Susan Myoyu | Monroe | WI | USA | White Plum Asanga | White Plum Asanga | |
| Haller | Ryushin Paul | Barrington, San Francisco | IL, CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Hoeberichts | Joan | Ridgewood | NJ | USA | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Leyshon | Jean | Arroyo Seco | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Godwin | Gaelyn Setsuan | Houston | TX | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kaye | Les | Mountain View | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Roitman | Judy | Lawrence | KS | USA | Kwan Um School of Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Lombardo | Hae Kwan Stanley | Lawrence | KS | USA | Korean Zen | Kwan Um School | |
| Christofferson | Taido Richard | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kennedy | Robert | Jersey City, White Plains | NJ, NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Hedgpeth | Nancy | Cumberland | RI | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Kwang | Dae | Cumberland | RI | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Lawlor | Jack | Evanston | IL | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Reed | Caitriona | Warner Springs | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Mayers | Greg | Burlingame | CA | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Shonkwiler | Cornelia Junfu | San Jose | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Cortes | Helen | Dallas | TX | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Harada-Yasutani | |
| Habito | Ruben | Dallas | TX | USA | Sambo Kyodan | ||
| Forstman | Valerie | Dallas | TX | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | Sanbo Kyodan | |
| Burkett | Zentetsu Tim | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Whilden | Kathy | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fieleke | Michael Shoryu | Newton | MA | USA | Soto Zen | Living Vow Zen | |
| Shukman | Henry | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Kiera | Eileen | Deming | WA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Arnold | Shugen Geoffrey | Mt. Tremper | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Bennage | P. Dai-En | Pennsdale | PA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Sweger | Teshin Matthew | Pittsboro | NC | USA | Harada-Yasutani / Soto | ||
| Birx | Charles | Blacksburg | VA | United States | White Plum (Maezumi) | White Plum | |
| Birx | Ellen Jikai | Blacksburg | VA | United States | Soto Zen | ||
| Pechovnik | Rinzan | Portland | OR | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Schomberg | Koshin | McKenna | WA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Snyder-Oneal | Joen | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kinst | Daijaku Judith | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Roberts | Shinshu | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Bailes | John Kotatsu Roko | Somerville | MA | USA | Soto Zen |