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
You can also click on a header field in order to sort by it.
For US use two letter abbreviation when searching (filtering) by State.
| Last Name | First Name | Center |
City |
State | Country | Lineage | Zen Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | Chicago | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bays | Hogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | White Plum | ||
| Bays | Jan Chozen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | White Plum | ||
| Trussell | Larry | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Salzberg | Jogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bays | Hogen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bays | Chozen | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Gak | Dae | Clay City | KY | USA | Korean Chogye | ||
| Falcone | Anthony | Columbia | MD | USA | Soto and Rinzai | White Plum Lineage | |
| Costenbader | Amy Kisei | Columbus | OH | USA | Soto Zen - White Plum Asanga | White Plum Asanga | |
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Corte Madera | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Terris | Abby | Corvallis | OR | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha | |
| Kwang | Dae | Cumberland | RI | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Hedgpeth | Nancy | Cumberland | RI | USA | Korean Chogye | Kwanum Zen School | |
| Cortes | Helen | Dallas | TX | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Harada-Yasutani | |
| Forstman | Valerie | Dallas | TX | USA | Sanbo Kyodan | Sanbo Kyodan | |
| Habito | Ruben | Dallas | TX | USA | Sambo Kyodan | ||
| Winecoff | Shoken | Decorah | IA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kiera | Eileen | Deming | WA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Morgareidge | Kenneth R. | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Sheehan | Peggy | Denver | CO | USA | Diamond Sangha | ||
| Kempe | Karin | Denver | CO | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha | |
| Johnson Rudnick | Wendy | Denver | CO | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Henry | Danan | Denver | CO | USA | Kapleau line | ||
| Seidenberg | Kenzan | East Calais | VT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| McMullen | Ejo | Eugene | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bunce | Renshin | Eureka | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Geiman | Shodhin | Evanston | IL | USA | Kapleau Line | ||
| Martin | Sojun Diane | Evanston | IL | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Lawlor | Jack | Evanston | IL | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Brown | Edward | Fairfax | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Treace | Bonnie Myotai | Garrison | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Mountains and Rivers Order | |
| Franz | Koun | Halifax | NS | Canada | Soto Zen | ||
| Tu'-Lu'c | Thich | Hayward | CA | USA | Vietnamese | Order of Interbeing | |
| Smith | Teishin Layla | Helena | MT | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Kieran | Michael | Honolulu | HI | USA | Harada-Yasutani | Diamond Sangha | |
| Godwin | Gaelyn Setsuan | Houston | TX | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Lewis | Zenrin | Jacksonville | FL | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Ranger | Christiane | Jemez Springs | NM | USA | Rinzai Zen | Rinzai-Ji | |
| Kennedy | Robert | Jersey City | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Knoxville | TN | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Thomson | Sinclair Shinryu | La Paz | Bolivia | Soto | White Plum Asanga | ||
| Wick | Gerry Shishin | Lafayette | CO | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Marcel | Leonard Kansho | Lake Oswego | OR | USA | Dimond Sangha | Diamond Sangha | |
| Pastor | Thomas | Las Vegas | NV | USA | Korean Zen | Kwan Um School of 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 | |
| Boyd | Merle Kodo | Lincroft | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asangha | |
| Chayat | Shinge Roko | Livingston Manor | NY | USA | Rinzai Zen | ||
| Child | Simon | London | n/a | UK | Linji-Caodong | Dharma Drum |