Jason Quinn JDPSN grew up in California and began practicing in 1997 with the Kwan Um School of Zen in Seattle. He resided at the Providence Zen Center for ten years where he held various staff positions, including Abbot. He trained as a monk for nine years, during which time he sat many long summer and winter Kyol Che retreats, and participated in retreats around the world. He now lives in Santa Clara, CA with his wife, son, and daughter. Jason received inka in 2015 and is a teacher and Vice Abbot at the Empty Gate Zen Center in Berkeley, CA and leads the Empty Gate Zen Center group in Santa Clara. He is also a teacher for Kwan Um School of Zen Online Sangha and travels leading retreats throughout the US.

Kathy Park JDPSN began practicing Zen in 1999 in Paris and has trained in a number of capacities at Zen centers including Cambridge Zen Center and Providence Zen Center in the U.S., Su Bong Zen Monastery in Hong Kong and at Musangsa in Korea, where she participated in several 90-day kyol che retreats. She received inka (permission to teach) from Zen master Dae Bong at Musangsa in Korea in 2016, and currently teaches at Musangsa, and Seoul and Daejeon Zen groups in Korea. Additionally, she is the coordinator for the International Initative for the Kwan Um School of Zen, bringing online Zen teaching and support to practitioners worldwide.

Arne Schaefer JDPSN started practicing Zen in the Kwan Um School of Zen in 1992 when he attended a retreat with Zen Master Seung Sahn and since then has practiced with many teachers of the Kwan Um School of Zen in Europe, Korea and the USA. In April 2010, he received Inka from Zen Master Wu Bong. He is guiding teacher of the Zen Centers in Dresden, Bad Bramstedt and Hamburg. Together with his wife, Irmi Jeuther, he established Lotus Consult to integrate their shared Buddhist background with their work as coaches and consultants. In 2010 he founded mind sweets GmbH, a company creating and selling vegan sweets in the organic food market, that has become his main business.