As an Assistant to the Guiding Teachers, Wade offers logistical and administrative support to the Teachers as they lead courses, training, and practices at the Zen Center. Under the supervision of the Guiding Teachers, communicates with their Formal Zen Students, students in our courses, and members of the wider sangha. Wade has a PhD in Philosophical and Theological Studies from Drew University's Graduate Division of Religion and earned his Masters of Divinity Degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York. As an undergrad, he was a collegiate student athlete at the University of South Dakota. He has served as an Associate Adjunct Professor in the Religious Studies Department at Manhattan College and currently lives with his family of five in Washington Heights. Wade enjoys reading, jazz, sports, motorcycles and his friends.