John Gendo Wolff, Sensei, has been a Zen practitioner for over 30 years. He received lay ordination and the Dharma name "Gendo" (which means "Source of the Way") in 1992 In 2006, he was ordained as a priest in the White Plum lineage, and in 2012, he received Dharma Transmission (Shiho), from his teacher of many years, Susan Myoyu Andersen, Roshi. Authorized as an independent teacher of the Dharma, Gendo Sensei is Spiritual Director at Great Wave Zen Sangha in Ludington, Michigan.

Gendo Sensei has published numerous poems and essays in a wide variety of magazines and in the anthology "Beneath a Single Moon: The Legacy of Buddhism in American Poetry" (Shambhala/Random House, 1991). He appears in the forthcoming video documentary "Zen in America" (Sweeping Zen) and is a member of the governing board of the White Plum Asanga. Gendo Sensei serves as a member of the literature faculty of West Shore Community College and is Chair of the Communications Division.