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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart | Gentei Sandy | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||||
| Goddard | Vanessa Zuisei | Soto Zen - White Plum Asanga | |||||
| Strong | Nona | USA | Sanbo Zen | Empty Cloud | |||
| Dawson | Geoff | North Sydney | ? | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind | |
| Girolami | Keimyo Doshin Dario | Rome | ? | Italy | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Briggs | Barry | Bisbee | AZ | USA | Kwan Um School of Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Dorsey | Dan | Tucson | AZ | USA | Diamond Sangha | Soto/Rinzai blend | |
| Godfrey | Eshin John | Vancouver | BC | Canada | LinChi | Rinzai-ji of Myoshin-ji | |
| Brown | Edward | Fairfax | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schneider | Jane | Northridge | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Moore | Robert | Long Beach | CA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Whilden | Kathy | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Austin | Shosan Victoria | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bartholomew | Tom Chigen | Redlands | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Anderson | Tenshin Reb | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Haller | Ryushin Paul | Barrington, San Francisco | IL, CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fletcher | Charles Tenshin | Mountain Center | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Tarrant | John | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | Pacific Zen Institute | |
| Mocine | Mary | Vallejo, Pleasant Hill | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Thomas | Do-On Robert | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Roshi | |
| Kinst | Daijaku Judith | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Bobrow | Joseph | San Francisco | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Schneider | Peter | Northridge | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki lineage | |
| Bunce | Renshin | Eureka | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Weinstein | David | Oakland | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | ||
| Rizzetto | Diane | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Kitzes | Bon Soeng Jeffrey | Berkeley | CA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Cutts | Jiko Linda Ruth | Muir Beach, Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki Lineage | |
| Guzy | Patricia Shingetsu | Woodland Hills | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Sangha | |
| Reichert | Tom Dharma-Joy | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto/White Plum Asanga | ||
| Saunders | Anne Seisen | National City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schireson | Grace | North Fork | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Chicago, San Francisco, Bolinas, San Rafael | IL, CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Silberberg | Daniel Doen | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Maezumi Roshi | |
| Manuel | Zenju Earthlyn | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bloodgood | Mark Shōgen | Los Osos | CA | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Rutschman | Hondo Dave | Berkeley | CA | USA | Suzuki-roshi lineage | Soto Zen | |
| Fischer | Zoketsu Norman | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kwong | Jakusho | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Brown | Chōbun Nenzen Pamela | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Phoenix Cloud Lineage | ||
| Emerson | Dōjin Sarah | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen Suzuki lineage | ||
| Hawley | Kipp Ryodo | Los Angeles | CA | USA | White Plum Asangha | White Plum Asanga | |
| Green | Tova | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Iarusso | Heather Shōren | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki lineage | |
| Foster | Nelson | North San Juan, New England Area | CA, MA, CT | USA | Diamond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Reed | Caitriona | Warner Springs | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Parekh | Neti | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Shunryu | |
| Stark | Myogen Kathryn | Sonoma | CA | USA | Soto Zen; Suzuki Roshi lineage | ||
| Zolnas | Al | San Diego | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Moncayo | Imo Denkei Raul | Berkeley | CA | USA | Soto Zen |