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.

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Last Name First Name Center City State Country Lineage Zen Order
Winecoff Shoken Decorah IA USA Soto Zen
Althouse Robert Joshin Oak Park IL USA Soto Zen White Plum
Smith Elihu Genmyo Champaign IL USA Soto Zen White Plum Asanga/Ordinary Mind
Lawlor Jack Evanston IL USA Vietnamese Order of Interbeing
Russell Ed Champaign IL USA Soto Zen White Plum Lineage
Geiman Shodhin Evanston IL USA Kapleau Line
Haller Ryushin Paul Barrington, San Francisco IL, CA USA Soto Zen
Martin Sojun Diane Evanston IL USA Soto Zen
Leighton Taigen Dan Chicago, San Francisco, Bolinas, San Rafael IL, CA USA Soto Zen
Karnegis Hoko Bloomington IN USA Soto Zen Sotoshu
Malagodi Daishin Alfredo Rome ITALY ITALY Rinzai Zen
Lombardo Hae Kwan Stanley Lawrence KS USA Korean Zen Kwan Um School
Roitman Judy Lawrence KS USA Kwan Um School of Zen Kwan Um School of Zen
Gak Dae Clay City KY USA Korean Chogye
Collins Richard New Orleans LA USA Soto Zen Deshimaru
Marko Eve Myonen Montague MA USA Soto—White Plum Asanga
Jaeckel Dokuro Watertown MA USA Rinzai Zen Zen Studies Society, Rinzai-ji
Blacker Melissa Myozen Worcester MA USA Soto/Rinzai
Dobisz Bon Yeon Jane Cambridge MA USA Korean Chogye Kwanum Zen School
Hondorp Eishun Anraku Northhampton Center MA USA Soto Zen White Plum Lineage
Richardson Alan Sanhyō Worcester MA USA Boundless Way Zen Temple Boundless Way Zen
Hartland Kate North Weymouth MA USA Soto Zen, Korean Linji
Fieleke Michael Shoryu Newton MA USA Soto Zen Living Vow Zen
Foster Nelson North San Juan, New England Area CA, MA, CT USA Diamond Sangha Diamond Sangha
Rynick David Dae An Worcester MA USA Rinzai/Soto Single Flower Lineage
Bailes John Kotatsu Roko Somerville MA USA Soto Zen
Falcone Anthony Columbia MD USA Soto and Rinzai White Plum Lineage
Palmiter Martine Taikai Rockville MD USA Soto Zen White Plum Asanga
Fitzgerald Diane Shoshin Pembroke ME USA Soto Zen
Wolff John Gendo Ludington MI USA Hakuun Taizan Maezumi, Daiosho White Plum Asanga
Lundquist Haju Ann Arbor MI USA Korean Chogye
Connelly Ben Minneapolis MN USA Soto Zen
Snyder-Oneal Joen Minneapolis MN USA Soto Zen
Burkett Zentetsu Tim Minneapolis MN USA Soto Zen
Acquaviva Koji Saint Paul MN USA Soto Shunryu Suzuki
Ragir Byakuren Judith St Paul MN USA Soto Zen Katagiri-roshi lineage
Rummé Daigaku St. Louis MO USA Soto Zen
Bland Tony Starkville MS USA Soto Zen
Smith Teishin Layla Corte Madera, Helena CA, MT USA Soto Zen
Child Simon London n/a UK Linji-Caodong Dharma Drum
Kjolhede Sunya Alexander NC USA Kapleau line
Sweger Teshin Matthew Pittsboro NC USA Harada-Yasutani / Soto
Munnich Teijo Asheville, Charlotte, Knoxville, Alexander NC, TN USA Soto Zen
Phelan Pat Chapel Hill NC USA Shunryu Suzuki
Kennedy Robert Jersey City, White Plains NJ, NY USA Soto Zen
Vardi Eran Wyckoff NJ USA White Plum (Maezumi) White Plum Asanga
Morris Mark Ridgewood NJ USA Soto Zen White Plum Lineage
Cicetti Raymond Morristown NJ USA Soto Zen White Plum
Hoeberichts Joan Ridgewood NJ USA White Plum Asanga
Mammoser Seiju Bob Jemez Springs NM USA Rinzai Zen

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