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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin | Debra | Blachly | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Weinstein | David | Oakland | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | ||
| Parekh | Neti | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Shunryu | |
| Nguyen | Thu | Oakton | VA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Costenbader | Amy Kisei | Columbus | OH | USA | Soto Zen - White Plum Asanga | White Plum Asanga | |
| Brown | Edward | Fairfax | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Blacker | Melissa Myozen | Worcester | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Forsberg | Ian | Arroyo Seco | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Hartland | Kate | North Weymouth | MA | USA | Soto Zen, Korean Linji | ||
| Gallagher | Genjo | Palm Bay | FL | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Andersen | Susan Myoyu | Monroe | WI | USA | White Plum Asanga | White Plum Asanga | |
| Fortin | Chris | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Tarrant | John | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | Pacific Zen Institute | |
| Schireson | Grace | North Fork | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Munnich | Teijo | Charlotte | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Christofferson | Taido Richard | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Dickenson | Jeanne | Nevada City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Pechovnik | Rinzan | Portland | OR | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Rizzetto | Diane | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Marko | Eve Myonen | Montague | MA | USA | Soto—White Plum Asanga | ||
| Kjolhede | Bodhin | Rochester | NY | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Haller | Ryushin Paul |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | |
| Hawley | Kipp Ryodo | Los Angeles | CA | USA | White Plum Asangha | White Plum Asangha | |
| Briggs | Barry | Bisbee | AZ | USA | Kwan Um School of Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Syracuse | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Martin | Laura | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Zolnas | Al | San Diego | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| McMullen | Ejo | Eugene | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fain | Zenshin Greg | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Kinst | Daijaku Judith | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Bays | Hogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | White Plum | ||
| Green | Patrick Bansho | Portland | OR | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Kessel | Ken | New York | NY | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Palevsky | Matthew Kozan | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Soto Zen | Soto Zen | |
| Stewart | Gentei Sandy | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||||
| Marinello | Genjo | Seattle | WA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Jaeckel | Dokuro | Watertown | MA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Zen Studies Society, Rinzai-ji | |
| Shukman | Henry | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Russell | Ed | Champaign | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Lineage | |
| Kwong | Jakusho | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Hunsaker | Myoko Sara | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Moncayo | Imo Denkei Raul | Berkeley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| O'Hara | Pat Enkyo | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Keegan | Myozan Dennis | New Rochelle | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Marcel | Leonard Kansho | Lake Oswego | OR | USA | Dimond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Graef | Sunyana | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Arnold | Shugen Geoffrey | Mt. Tremper | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Kanko | Kritee | Boulder | CO | USA | Rinzai | Cold Mountain Zen | |
| Foster | Nelson | North San Juan | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Stauffer | Sosetsu Mark | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen |