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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| Last Name | First Name | Center | City | State | Country | Lineage | Zen Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haller | Ryushin Paul | Barrington, San Francisco | IL, CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Tu'-Lu'c | Thich | Hayward | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Seidenberg | Kenzan | East Calais | VT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Nail | Lee Ann Kyoan | Salem | OR | USA | Harada Yasutani | Diamond Sangha | |
| Kanko | Kritee | Boulder | CO | USA | Rinzai | Cold Mountain Zen | |
| Conover | Kodo | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen, White Plum Asanga | ||
| Smith | Elihu Genmyo | Champaign | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga/Ordinary Mind | |
| Prince-Cherry | Jissai | Rochester, Louisville | NY, KY | USA, USA | Kapleau Line | ||
| Lawlor | Jack | Evanston | IL | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Bays | Hogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Jaeckel | Dokuro | Watertown | MA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Zen Studies Society, Rinzai-ji | |
| Mayers | Greg | Burlingame | CA | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Cooper | Seiso |
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Montpelier, Barre | VT | USA | Soto Zen | |
| Collins | Richard | New Orleans | LA | USA | Soto Zen | Deshimaru | |
| Fischer | Zoketsu Norman | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mosley | Kim | Austin | TX | USA | Soto Zen | Soto Zen | |
| Henry | Danan | Denver | CO | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Martin | Sojun Diane | Evanston | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schneider | Peter | Northridge | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki lineage | |
| Whilden | Kathy | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Vardi | Eran | Wyckoff | NJ | USA | White Plum (Maezumi) | White Plum Asanga | |
| Bloodgood | Mark Shōgen | Los Osos | CA | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Carlson | Gyokuko | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Dorsey | Dan | Tucson | AZ | USA | Diamond Sangha | Soto/Rinzai blend | |
| Bennage | P. Dai-En | Pennsdale | PA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kaplan | Jill Kakushin | Woodside | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Galijan | Shinchi Linda | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Silberberg | Daniel Doen | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Maezumi Roshi | |
| Ponce-Barger | Inryu Bobbi | Washington | DC | USA | Soto | Shunryu Suzuki Roshi | |
| Birnbaum | Myoen | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum | |
| Bassis | Kinrei | Albany | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Hunsaker | Myoko Sara | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Asheville, Charlotte, Knoxville, Alexander | NC, TN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Brown | Edward | Fairfax | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Blacker | Melissa Myozen | Worcester | MA | USA | Soto/Rinzai | ||
| Kjolhede | Sunya | Alexander | NC | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Stauffer | Sosetsu Mark | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Hedgpeth | Nancy | Cumberland | RI | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Shrobe | Wu Kwang Richard | New York | NY | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwan Um Zen School | |
| Schireson | Grace | North Fork | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Abels | Jiryu Janet | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Roberts | Shinshu | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Cain | Christopher | Vashon | WA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Green | Tova | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kotler | Arnold | Paia | HI | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Iarusso | Heather Shōren | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki lineage | |
| Morgareidge | Kenneth R. | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Krahl | Etsudo Patty | Ashland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Roshi lineage | |
| Burnett | Nomon Tim | Bellingham | WA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Briggs | Barry | Bisbee | AZ | USA | Kwan Um School of Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen |