Senior Dharma Teacher
Senior Dharma Teacher Furyu Nancy Schroeder, a resident of San Francisco Zen Center since the 1970s, became Abiding Abbess at Green Gulch Farm in March 2014 and stepped down from that role in March 2023. Fu has held most of the monastic positions at San Francisco Zen Center and has been an active supporter of programs for children, people of color, the gay and lesbian community, and the interfaith community. In 2008 she was elected to the Marin Women's Hall of Fame, and in 2010 she was appointed to the Board of the Marin Community Foundation. In addition, she has previously co-led SFZC’s Contemplative Caregiver Course. She received Dharma Transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999.