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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson | Julie Seido | Cambridge | MA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Cutts | Jiko Linda Ruth | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki Lineage | |
| Christensen | Anna | NY | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind Zen School | |
| Paley Ellison | Koshin | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum & Zen Peacemakers | |
| Green | Tova | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fischer | Zoketsu Norman | Muir Beach | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Galijan | Shinchi Linda | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Roberts | Shinshu | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Martin | Laura | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Zolnas | Al | San Diego | CA | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| McMullen | Ejo | Eugene | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fain | Zenshin Greg | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Kinst | Daijaku Judith | Santa Cruze | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Dungay | Jody | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Halifax | Joan | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Magid | Barry | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | Ordinary Mind Zen School | |
| Anderson | Tenshin Reb | Carmel Valley | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Rapaport | Al Fusho | Melbourne | FL | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum | |
| Austin | Shosan Victoria | San Francisco | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Lowe-Charde | Kakumyo | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud; Meiho-Manzan lineage | |
| 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 | ||
| Rainwater | Sylvan | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud | |
| Fletcher | Charles Tenshin | Mountain Center | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Abels | Jiryu Janet | New York | NY | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Asanga | |
| Antonaccio | Choro Carla | Austin | TX | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Clay | Jyoshin | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Dharma Cloud Lineage | |
| Kaplan | Jill Kakushin | Woodside | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki lineage | |
| Martin | Debra | Blachly | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Fieleke | Michael Shoryu | Newton | MA | USA | Soto Zen | Living Vow Zen | |
| Merrill | Misha Shungen | Woodside | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Ragir | Byakuren Judith | St Paul | MN | USA | Soto Zen | Katagiri-roshi lineage | |
| Thach | Andrea | Bellingham | WA | USA | Soto Zen | Shunryu Suzuki/Sojun Weitsman | |
| Tenzen | Myozan | San Francisco, | CA | USA | Soto Zen | Soto Zen | |
| Carlson | Gyokuko | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Bennage | P. Dai-En | Pennsdale | PA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Munnich | Teijo | Alexander | NC | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Burnett | Nomon Tim | Bellingham | WA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Palevsky | Matthew Kozan | Santa Fe | NM | USA | Soto Zen | Soto Zen | |
| Jones | Meiko | Portland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Leighton | Taigen Dan | San Rafael | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Shonkwiler | Cornelia Junfu | San Jose | CA | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Syverson | Margaret Bushin Koan | Austin | TX | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-Roshi | |
| Morris | Mark | Ridgewood | NJ | USA | Soto Zen | White Plum Lineage | |
| Trussell | Larry | Clatskanie | OR | USA | Soto Zen | ||
| Schomberg | Koshin | McKenna | WA | USA | Soto Zen | Order of Buddhist Contemplatives | |
| Little | Jintei Harold | Ashland | OR | USA | Soto Zen | Suzuki-roshi lineage | |
| Shumnan | Jane Genshin | Old Greenwich | CT | USA | Soto Zen |