Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin practiced Zen in Minneapolis with Dainin Katagiri Roshi from 1977 to 1989, when Jodo moved to Boulder, CO. Jodo was ordained by Shoken Winecoff Roshi in 1994 and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010. Jodo is the Head Monk and founder of Prairie Mountain Zen Center in Longmont, CO. He has spent his adult life as a husband and father; working as an accountant, primarily for not-for-profit organizations.