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Temple Leadership and Committees

Many dedicated people actively work in various ways to guide and support Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

ADZG Temple Officers

Taigen Dan Leighton
Guiding Dharma Teacher

Eishin Nancy Easton & Douglas Floyd
Tanto (Practice Director)
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Gerrie Griffin
Ino (Head of Meditation Hall)

David Wray
Head Doan  (Assistant to Ino)

Alex Bernstein
Director (Temple Administrator)
director@ancientdragon.org

Dylan Toropov
Assistant Director

Michael Evans
Tenzo (Head of Kitchen)

Sophia DeVita
Assistant Tenzo

Eve Pinsker
Work Leader

Kathy Bingham
Assistant Work Leader

David Wray
Treasurer
treasurer@ancientdragon.org

Michael Evans
Website Manager
webmaster@ancientdragon.org

Dylan Toropov
Jisha (Teacher’s Assistant)

Promotions Committee

promotions@ancientdragon.org
Howard Ruan
Michael Evans
Alex Slagg
Mark Splitt
Sophia DeVita
Nicholas Joyner

Audio Dharma Talk Coordinator

Reuben Kaller

Interfaith Action Committee

Alex Peltz, coordinator

LGBTQ+ Dharma Group

Contact info@ancientdragon.org

Sangha Care Committee

Contact: sanghacare@ancientdragon.org
Beau Golwitzer
Kathy Bingham
Debra Callahan
Chris Cadman

Fundraising Committee

Dylan Toropov, Chair
Douglas Floyd
Alex Bernstein
Bryant Guy

ADZG Board of Directors

Taigen Dan Leighton, Dharma Teacher
Wade Wheatley, President
Alex Bernstein, Director
Beau Golwitzer, Secretary
David Wray, Treasurer
Ko Carol Laursen
Sara Lytle
Dylan Toropov
Reuben Kaller

Program Committee

Eishin Nancy Easton, Chair
Douglas Floyd
Taigen Dan Leighton
Hogetsu Laurie Belzer

Weekday AM Zen

Monday – Douglas Floyd, Coordinator

Tuesday – David Wray, Coordinator

Wednesday – Gerrie Griffin, Coordinator

Thursday – Hogetsu Laurie Belzer, Coordinator

Friday AM Zazen and Discussion on Decolonizing Consciousness and Anti-Racism

Dylan Toropov, Coordinator

Meditation and Recovery Meeting

Reuben Kaller, Coordinator
Jason S.
Bob Callahan

The Ethics and Reconciliation Committee

Gary Wilson, Libby Bachhuber, Kathy Bingham, Nyozan Eric Shutt, & Gerrie Griffin
Click here for more information on the EAR committee.