The sangha has an elected executive board that helps to plan sangha activities .
All sangha members are welcome to attend board meetings and provide input.
In the summer of 2000 James, a teacher with the Pacific Zen Institute, moved with his wife Jan to the Boston area where James is a practicing Unitarian Universalist minister. With the loss of James Ford the sangha has taken steps to strengthen their affiliation with the Pacific Zen Institute , inviting the founder, John Tarrant Roshi to the Phoenix area for workshops and retreats. Future activities are planned with both John Tarrant and other teacher from the institute.