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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Tova | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Henry | Danan | Denver | CO | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Ranger | Christiane | Jemez Springs | NM | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai-Ji | |
| Galijan | Shinchi Linda | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Rynick | David Dayan | Portland | ME | USA | Korean Rinzai | Single Flower Lineage | |
| Roberts | Shinshu | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Paley Ellison | Koshin | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum & Zen Peacemakers | |
| Fischer | Zoketsu Norman | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | New York | NY | USA | Soto | White Plum Asanga | |
| Bennage | P. Dai-En | Pennsdale | PA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Sweger | Teshin Matthew | Pittsboro | NC | USA | Harada-Yasutani / Soto | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Alexander | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Burnett | Nomon Tim | Bellingham | WA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Li | Rebecca | Pine Bush | NY | USA | Linji-Caodong Chan Master Sheng Yen | Dharma Drum | |
| Carlson | Gyokuko | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Griffith | Senshin Katherine | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Munnich | Teijo | Asheville | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Werner | Bobby Chowa | San Diego | CA | USA | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Wick | Gerry Shishin | Lafayette | CO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Eiger | Randall | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Blackman | Bruce Seiryu | Reisterstown | MD | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Sangha | |
| Kennedy | Robert | White Plains | NY | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Terris | Abby | Corvallis | OR | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha | |
| Warner | Jisho | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Falcone | Anthony | Columbia | MD | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Hedgpeth | Nancy | Cumberland | RI | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Yokoyama | Gyokei | Montebello | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Reed | Caitriona | Warner Springs | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Gage | John Jiyu | Vista | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Corte Madera | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ruff | Tenku | Beacon | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Harada / Ban | |
| Kotler | Arnold | Paia | HI | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Geiman | Shodhin | Evanston | IL | USA | Kapleau Line | ||
| Morgareidge | Kenneth R. | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Leyshon | Jean | Arroyo Seco | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Bolinas | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Althouse | Robert Joshin | Oak Park | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Burk | Domyo | Portland | OR | USA | Dharma Cloud lineage | ||
| Austin | Shosan Victoria | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Graef | Sunyana | Shelburne | VT | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Saunders | Anne Seisen | National City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Cutts | Jiko Linda Ruth | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki Lineage | |
| Abels | Gregory Hosho | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Bailes | John Kotatsu Roko | Somerville | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ford | James | Long Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen/ Harada Yasutani | ||
| Lowe-Charde | Kakumyo | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud; Meiho-Manzan lineage | |
| Morris | Mark | Ridgewood | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Lineage | |
| Kitzes | Bon Soeng Jeffrey | Berkeley | CA | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Schomberg | Koshin | McKenna | WA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Lombardo | Hae Kwan Stanley | Lawrence | KS | USA | Korean Zen | Kwan Um School |