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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christofferson | Taido Richard | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Dickenson | Jeanne | Nevada City | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fortin | Chris | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schireson | Grace | North Fork | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Munnich | Teijo | Knoxville | TN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Silberberg | Daniel Doen | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Maezumi Roshi | |
| Girolami | Keimyo Doshin Dario | Rome | ? | Italy | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Connelly | Ben | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Corte Madera | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ruff | Tenku | Beacon | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Harada / Ban | |
| Yokoyama | Gyokei | Montebello | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Gage | John Jiyu | Vista | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Franz | Koun | Halifax | NS | Canada | Soto Zen | ||
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Helena | MT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Stauffer | Sosetsu Mark | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Karnegis | Hoko | Bloomington | IN | USA | Soto Zen | Sotoshu | |
| Atkinson | Carolyn | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bush | Ryushin Fugan Eugene | Santa Cruz | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Zimmerman | Michael Mugaku | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fitzgerald | Diane Shoshin | Pembroke | ME | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Boissevain | Angie | Los Gatos | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bays | Hogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Henkel | Kokyo | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |||
| Hondorp | Eishun Anraku | Northhampton Center | MA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Lineage | |
| Rummé | Daigaku | St. Louis | MO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Snyder-Oneal | Joen | Minneapolis | MN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Nakao | Wendy Egyoku | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Lineage(s) ZEN; WHITE PLUM SANGHA; ZEN PEACEMAKERS | |
| Bays | Chozen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Thomas | Do-On Robert |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki Roshi |
| Guzy | Patricia Shingetsu | Woodland Hills | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Sangha | |
| Howard | Gregg | Brisbane | Queensland | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind School | |
| Smith | Elihu Genmyo | Champaign | IL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga/Ordinary Mind | |
| Godwin | Gaelyn Setsuan | Houston | TX | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Haller | Ryushin Paul |
San Francisco Zen Center - Beginner's Mind Temple (City Center) |
San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | |
| Dawson | Geoff | North Sydney | ? | Australia | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind | |
| Rizzetto | Diane | Oakland | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Birx | Ellen Jikai | Blacksburg | VA | United States | Soto Zen | ||
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Chicago | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Boyd | Merle Kodo | Lincroft | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha | |
| Manuel | Earthlyn | Soto Zen | |||||
| Costenbader | Amy Kisei | Columbus | OH | USA | Soto Zen - White Plum Asanga | White Plum Asanga | |
| Goddard | Vanessa Zuisei | Soto Zen - White Plum Asanga | |||||
| Wolfer | Jikyo Cheryl | Olympia | WA | USA | Soto Zen school, Kasuryu Tetsumei lineage | Order of Ryokan | |
| Emerson | Dōjin Sarah | Sebastopol | CA | USA | Soto Zen Suzuki lineage | ||
| Hartland | Kate | North Weymouth | MA | USA | Soto Zen, Korean Linji | ||
| Conover | Kodo | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen, White Plum Asanga | ||
| Stark | Myogen Kathryn | Sonoma | CA | USA | Soto Zen; Suzuki Roshi lineage | ||
| Ford | James | Long Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen/ Harada Yasutani | ||
| Marko | Eve Myonen | Montague | MA | USA | Soto—White Plum Asanga | ||
| Reichert | Tom Dharma-Joy | Los Angeles | CA | USA | Soto/White Plum Asanga |