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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | Chōbun Nenzen Pamela | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Phoenix Cloud Lineage | ||
| Emerson | Dōjin Sarah | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen Suzuki lineage | ||
| Foster | Nelson | North San Juan, New England Area | CA, MA, CT | USA | Diamond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Hawley | Kipp Ryodo | Los Angeles | CA | USA | White Plum Asangha | White Plum Asanga | |
| Green | Tova | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| 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 | ||
| Pratt | Myosho Baika Andrea | Pleasant Hill | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fortin | Chris | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Warner | Jisho | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Boissevain | Angie | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Shonkwiler | Cornelia Junfu | San Jose | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ford | James | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto Zen/ Harada Yasutani | ||
| Birnbaum | Myoen | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum | |
| Werner | Bobby Chowa | San Diego | CA | USA | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Kaplan | Jill Kakushin | Woodside | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Gage | John Jiyu | Vista | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Galijan | Shinchi Linda | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Corte Madera, Helena | CA, MT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mayers | Greg | Burlingame | CA | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Dickenson | Jeanne | Nevada City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Cabotaje | Alice | San Mateo | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Zimmerman | Tenzen David | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Soto Zen | |
| Tu'-Lu'c | Thich | Hayward | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Bush | Ryushin Fugan Eugene | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Mansfield-Howlett | Rachel | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Rinzai | ||
| Kaye | Les | Mountain View | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Hunsaker | Myoko Sara | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Spencer | Rick |
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Mexico City | CDMX | Mexico | Soto Zen | |
| Kempe | Karin | Denver | CO | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha | |
| Johnson Rudnick | Wendy | Denver | CO | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Henry | Danan | Denver | CO | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Wick | Gerry Shishin | Lafayette | CO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kanko | Kritee | Boulder | CO | USA | Rinzai | Cold Mountain Zen | |
| Morgareidge | Kenneth R. | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Sheehan | Peggy | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Philips | Douglas | West Cornwall | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Foster | Nelson | North San Juan, New England Area | CA, MA, CT | USA | Diamond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Shumnan | Jane Genshin | Old Greenwich | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ponce-Barger | Inryu Bobbi | Washington | DC | USA | Soto | Shunryu Suzuki Roshi | |
| Bertelsen | Choan (Denko) | 7470 Karup J. | Denmark | Denmark | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Rapaport | Al Fusho | Melbourne | FL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Lewis | Zenrin | Jacksonville | FL | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Gallagher | Genjo | Palm Bay | FL | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Kieran | Michael | Honolulu | HI | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Diamond Sangha | |
| Ratliffe | Kathy | Honolulu | HI | USA | Harada/Yasutani school | Diamond Sangha | |
| Kotler | Arnold | Paia | HI | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing |