Steve Yanovsky’s role in the organization is to function in the capacity of liaison with the police departments and alliance partners that are key to the growth of Swords to Plowshares Northeast and its mission. In the past, Steve has created relationships with police departments and other gun violence prevention groups in New Haven, Norwalk, Guilford, and Hamden, Connecticut, as well as Worcester, Massachusetts. He also serves on the Leadership Team of Guns to Gardens, a national organization of which Swords to Plowshares is a member. Previously, Steve served on the North Castle Zoning Board and the board of North Castle Cares. He also served as an educational mentor for Of Home Family and Future. Steve holds a BA in Political Science from Queens College and an MBA in Marketing from the Zicklin School of Business.

The Right Reverend James E. Curry is a retired Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut. He is a founding member of Bishops United Against Gun Violence and a contributor to the anthology Reclaiming the Gospel of Peace. He is a co-founder of Swords to Plowshares Northeast and a board member of Mothers United Against Violence in Hartford. Jim serves as Head of Operations and Chief Blacksmith, creating the tools that are the final output of the group and organizing demonstrations with community and religious groups throughout the Northeast. He has a BA from Amherst College, an M.Ed in counseling from UMass, and an M.Div and DD from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.

Dr. Pina Violano, is the Founder and CEO of Healthcare Consultants, LLC. Most recently, she was the manager of the Injury & Violence Prevention Program at Yale New Haven Hospital and Director and Principal Investigator of Injury Free Coalition for Kids of New Haven. She is one of the co-founders of the Swords to Plowshares Northeast program, and is a leader in gun buyback and safe gun storage programs in Connecticut and nationwide. Her role in the organization is the management of development and fund raising. Pina is also a Registered Nurse with over 35 years’ experience in critical care and emergency medicine and holds a PhD in Public Health.

Bob Bergner is an Episcopal priest and musician living in New Haven, Connecticut. Bob is the pastor at Grace and St Peter's Church in Hamden, Connecticut. Over the past decade, he has been a principal initiator of several music-based community service programs, including the Music Visitation Program at Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital; Sunday afternoon Music and Song at Columbus House, the largest New Haven shelter for those experiencing homelessness; and semi-monthly lunchtime sing-alongs at Hamden's Miller Senior Center. Bob is also on the organizing committee for Dinner for a Dollar, a weekend community-building meal program in Hamden that serves 150 to 200 hot, healthy, and appetizing dinners each week. Bob holds degrees from Harvard University, McGill University, the Montreal Diocesan Theological College, and Middlebury College.