Mid-Atlantic Advisory Board
The Mid-Atlantic Advisory Board brings together a select network of seasoned, relationship-driven professionals with deep roots across the Mid-Atlantic. Each member extends the reach of Mid-Atlantic Partners—contributing specialized expertise, regional market knowledge, and long-standing relationships that help our clients open doors, sharpen strategy, and connect to the people and resources that drive growth. Built on trust and a shared commitment to the region's businesses, the Board is where local insight meets institutional experience.
Co-CEO, Strobes N’ More
Co-Founder & Managing Principal, Yellowhammer Strategic Partners
John ("Jack") R. Eldridge
Jack Eldridge is the Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Yellowhammer Strategic Partners
(“YSP”), a search fund investment vehicle that he launched with his business partner, Cole, to
acquire an enduringly profitable industrial distribution business on the East Coast. In late 2023, YSP acquired Strobes N’ More, a New England-based distributor & installer of emergency vehicle equipment. Since then, Jack and his team have grown the business organically, improved operational efficiency, and completed an add-on acquisition & recapitalization of the business with an SBIC lender who will support future M&A initiatives. Jack & Cole co-own and jointly operate the business alongside their lending partners and a high-net-worth investor group.
Jack currently manages existing vendor relationships at Strobes, leads OEM partner expansion, and handles the company’s larger customer accounts. He also serves as the company’s de facto CFO and oversees its other back-office functions, including human resources, digital marketing, IT, and insurance. Last but not least, he runs the company’s M&A initiatives, sourcing and evaluating acquisition opportunities in the public safety & automotive aftermarket verticals.
Before founding YSP and acquiring Strobes, Jack spent ~7 years in various M&A and finance roles. He began his career at MHH & Co., a Philadelphia-based M&A boutique, where worked on ~$1B in transaction value, with a focus on companies up-and-down the industrials spectrum (e.g., manufacturing, distribution, B2B services). During his MBA years, he spent time with two private equity sponsors focused on the search fund model and a PE-backed industrial tech company.
Jack holds an MBA from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, and a dual-major in Finance & History from the University of Alabama (RTR). He grew up in a family business—HVACR Distribution—and has
been interested in entrepreneurship from a young age. Outside of work, Jack enjoys skiing, live
music, squash, and non-fiction reading. Jack spends a good bit of time at Strobes HQ in Coastal RI, however he currently resides in the Philadelphia suburbs with his wife, Anna, and their two high-energy Australian Shepards.
Connect with Jack:
+1 (484) 680-0130
jack@strobesnmore.com
linkedin.com/in/john-r-eldridge
Philadelphia, PA | Newport, RI
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Head of Strategic Partnerships at Boundless Immigration
Founder of The E1B2 Collective
Anthony ("AJ") Vaughan
Anthony "AJ" Vaughan is a workforce strategist, entrepreneur, executive advisor, and podcast host focused on the intersection of leadership, employee experience, HR technology, AI, and the future of work. Throughout his career, he has worked with founders, Fortune 500 executives, CHROs, HR technology companies, and global workforce organizations to help bridge the gap between business performance and the employee experience.
AJ currently serves as Head of Strategic Partnerships at Boundless Immigration, where he leads enterprise partnerships, go-to-market strategy, and ecosystem development across HR technology, global mobility, immigration, workforce consulting, and AI. His work centers on helping organizations attract, retain, and mobilize world-class talent while building strategic relationships that create measurable business impact.
He is also the Founder of The E1B2 Collective (Employee First. Business Second.), a media and advisory company dedicated to reimagining how organizations build healthier cultures, stronger leadership teams, and more sustainable businesses. Through E1B2, AJ has interviewed founders, executives, CHROs, investors, psychologists, neuroscientists, authors, and leadership practitioners to uncover what separates exceptional organizations from average ones. The company's philosophy is simple: when organizations intentionally improve the employee experience, business performance follows.
As creator and host of The Business of Alignment Podcast, AJ has produced more than 1,100 executive conversations featuring many of the world's leading voices in HR, leadership, organizational psychology, AI, workforce strategy, and business transformation. His interviews focus on how leaders make decisions, scale culture, navigate change, and build organizations where people and performance thrive together.
AJ began building businesses as a teenager, experiencing both entrepreneurial success and failure early in his career. Those experiences shaped a leadership philosophy centered on curiosity, resilience, and aligning business strategy with human potential. Over the past decade, he has advised startups, growth-stage companies, and enterprise organizations on employee experience, organizational culture, leadership development, HR technology, AI, talent acquisition, workforce strategy, executive partnerships, employer branding, and the future of work.
His work is grounded in the belief that the future of work will not be won by companies with the most technology, but by those that best align people, leadership, systems, and business strategy.
Based in the Washington, D.C.–Baltimore region, AJ continues to collaborate with executives, founders, investors, and HR leaders around the world to help shape the next generation of work.
Connect with AJ: anthonyvaughan2015@gmail.com