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 | ||
| Mansfield-Howlett | Rachel | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Rinzai | ||
| Kanko | Kritee | Boulder | CO | USA | Rinzai | Cold Mountain Zen | |
| Cabotaje | Alice | San Mateo | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| SoZui | TaiShin | San Marcos | CA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai Zen | |
| Stewart | Gentei Sandy | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||||
| Field | Gendo Allyn | White River Junction | VT | USA | Rinzai Zen | Joshu Sasaki | |
| Lewis | Zenrin | Jacksonville | FL | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Baker | Ryuun Joriki | Andreas | PA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Soen linieage | |
| Malagodi | Daishin Alfredo | Rome | ITALY | ITALY | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Cain | Christopher | Vashon | WA | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Pechovnik | Rinzan | Portland | OR | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Jaeckel | Dokuro | Watertown | MA | USA | Rinzai Zen | Zen Studies Society, Rinzai-ji | |
| Bertelsen | Choan (Denko) | 7470 Karup J. | Denmark | Denmark | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Syracuse | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Mammoser | Seiju Bob | Jemez Springs | NM | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Ranger | Christiane | Jemez Springs | NM | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai-Ji | |
| Rynick | David Dae An | Worcester | MA | USA | Rinzai/Soto | Single Flower Lineage | |
| Habito | Ruben | Dallas | TX | USA | Sambo Kyodan | ||
| Rieck | Joan | Bernalillo | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Mason | Andrew | Portland | OR | USA | Sanbō Kyōdan | Diamond Sangha | |
| Mayers | Greg | Burlingame | CA | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Pineda | Nenates | Toronto | OT | Canada | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Shukman | Henry | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | ||
| Forstman | Valerie | Dallas | TX | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | Sanbo Kyodan | |
| Strong | Nona | USA | Sanbo Zen | Empty Cloud | |||
| Phelan | Pat | Chapel Hill | NC | USA | Shunryu Suzuki | ||
| Green | Patrick Bansho | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Ponce-Barger | Inryu Bobbi | Washington | DC | USA | Soto | Shunryu Suzuki Roshi | |
| Bloodgood | Mark Shōgen | Los Osos | CA | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Acquaviva | Koji | Saint Paul | MN | USA | Soto | Shunryu Suzuki | |
| Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | New York, La Paz | NY | USA, Bolivia | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Griffith | Senshin Katherine | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Birnbaum | Myoen | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum | |
| Gallagher | Genjo | Palm Bay | FL | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Falcone | Anthony | Columbia | MD | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Rainwater | Sylvan | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud | |
| Fletcher | Charles Tenshin | Mountain Center | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Magid | Barry | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind Zen School | |
| Henkel | Kokyo | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Syverson | Margaret Bushin Koan | Austin | TX | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Clay | Jyoshin | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud Lineage | |
| Saunders | Anne Seisen | National City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Thomas | Do-On Robert | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Roshi | |
| Treace | Bonnie Myotai | Garrison | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Philips | Douglas | West Cornwall | CT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Chicago, San Francisco, Bolinas, San Rafael | IL, CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Christofferson | Taido Richard | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Morris | Mark | Ridgewood | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Lineage | |
| Carlson | Gyokuko | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen |