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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrill | Misha Shungen | Woodside | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fieleke | Michael Shoryu | Newton | MA | USA | Soto Zen | Living Vow Zen | |
| Zimmerman | Michael Mugaku | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kieran | Michael | Honolulu | HI | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Diamond Sangha | |
| Boyd | Merle Kodo | Lincroft | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha | |
| Blacker | Melissa Myozen | Worcester | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Jones | Meiko | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Palevsky | Matthew Kozan | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Soto Zen | Soto Zen | |
| Mocine | Mary | Vallejo | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Mocine | Mary | Pleasant Hill | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Bloodgood | Mark Shōgen | Los Osos | CA | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Morris | Mark | Ridgewood | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Lineage | |
| Syverson | Margaret Bushin Koan | Austin | TX | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Voelkel | Mako | Austin | TX | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Shunryu | |
| Kaye | Les | Mountain View | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Marcel | Leonard Kansho | Lake Oswego | OR | USA | Dimond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Nail | Lee Ann Kanren-An | Salem | OR | USA | Harada Yasutani | Sanbo Kyodan | |
| Martin | Laura | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Trussell | Larry | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Trussell | Larry | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kanko | Kritee | Boulder | CO | USA | Rinzai | Cold Mountain Zen | |
| Larson | Kristen | Port Angeles | WA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Franz | Koun | Halifax | NS | Canada | Soto Zen | ||
| Paley Ellison | Koshin | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum & Zen Peacemakers | |
| Schomberg | Koshin | McKenna | WA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Henkel | Kokyo | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |||
| Dreher | Koji | Austin | TX | USA | Soto | Shunryu Suzuki | |
| Roen | Kodo Noah | Santa Fe | NM | USA | White Plum Asanga | Prajna Mountain Buddhist Order | |
| Conover | Kodo | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen, White Plum Asanga | ||
| Hawley | Kipp Ryodo | Los Angeles | CA | USA | White Plum Asangha | White Plum Asangha | |
| Bassis | Kinrei | Albany | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Seidenberg | Kenzan | East Calais | VT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Morgareidge | Kenneth R. | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Kessel | Ken | New York | NY | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Kessel | Ken | New York | NY | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Girolami | Keimyo Doshin Dario | Rome | ? | Italy | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Whilden | Kathy | Monterey | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Hartland | Kate | North Weymouth | MA | USA | Soto Zen, Korean Linji | ||
| Kempe | Karin | Denver | CO | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha | |
| Lowe-Charde | Kakumyo | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud; Meiho-Manzan lineage | |
| Clay | Jyoshin | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud Lineage | |
| Nelson | Julie Seido | Cambridge | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Roitman | Judy | Lawrence | KS | USA | Kwan Um School of Zen | Kwan Um School of Zen | |
| Bobrow | Joseph | San Francisco | CA | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Bailes | John Kotatsu Roko | Somerville | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Gage | John Jiyu | Vista | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Tarrant | John | Santa Rosa | CA | USA | Pacific Zen School | Pacific Zen Institute | |
| Salzberg | Jogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Snyder-Oneal | Joen | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Dungay | Jody | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen |