Zenkei Blanche Hartman, Abbess of The San Francisco Zen Center, began sitting in 1969 at the Berkeley Zen Center with Sojun Mel Weitsman and in San Francisco with Suzuki-roshi.
She was ordained in 1977 by Zentatsu Baker and received dharma transmission with Sojun Mel Weitsman in 1988.
Zenkei became Abbess February of 1996.