Joe Hand Promotions Celebrates Dual Industry Honors as President Joe Hand Jr. Named One of Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2025 Most Admired CEOs and Senior Manager Brittany McCloskey Recognized as a Cynopsis Top Woman in Media

FEASTERVILLE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 18, 2025--

Joe Hand Promotions, the nation’s largest and most experienced distributor of premium live sports content to commercial establishments, is proud to announce two marquee recognitions that underscore the company’s leadership, innovation, and growing impact across the sports and media landscape.

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Last week, Joe Hand Jr., President of Joe Hand Promotions, was named one of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2025 Most Admired CEOs, honoring his visionary leadership and the sustained growth of the company. Additionally, Brittany McCloskey, Senior Manager of Content & Partnerships, was celebrated in New York City in October as a 2025 Cynopsis Top Women in Media Award honoree in the category of Sales & Partnerships Victors.

Joe Hand Jr.: A Transformative, Vision-Driven CEO

Under Joe’s leadership, Joe Hand Promotions has solidified itself as the nation’s premier commercial distributor of premium live sports content. During his tenure, the Northeast Philadelphia native has led a sweeping expansion of JHP’s content portfolio, establishing distribution partnerships with UFC, WWE, Premier Boxing Champions (PBC), All Elite Wrestling (AEW), ESPN, DAZN, Netflix, and DIRECTV.

Joe’s tenure has been marked by measurable, industry-defining achievements, including:

Beyond business growth, Joe has strengthened the company’s philanthropic footprint through the Joe Hand Boxing Gym (JHBG), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2026. What began as a safe space offering youth boxing and computer literacy has evolved into a comprehensive community resource supporting individuals with Parkinson’s disease, adults with autism, children with special needs, breast cancer survivors, and the Bucks County PAL program.

Joe’s recognition as a Most Admired CEO reflects not only business success, but a leadership style deeply grounded in integrity, humility, and community commitment.

“Joe Hand Jr. leads with a rare blend of vision, humility, and unwavering integrity,” said Jason Joyce, Vice President of Joe Hand Promotions. “What we all admire most is his ability to inspire everyone around him—not just with words, but with consistent action and deep respect for the people who make this company what it is. Recognition as one of the Most Admired CEOs is a reflection of what we’ve known all along: Joe leads not for recognition, but because he genuinely cares about the success of others.”

Brittany Ann McCloskey: A 2025 Cynopsis Top Woman in Media Honoree

Cynopsis announced Brittany as one of its 2025 Top Women in Media Honorees, recognizing trailblazers shaping the future of the media industry at large. As Senior Manager of Content & Partnerships at JHP, Brittany has become a central force behind the company’s most innovative initiatives. BAM, as she is widely known throughout the industry, has been with JHP for 11 years and has played significant roles in the marketing, product, and now content teams. She has led JHP’s live boxing division for eight years and previously worked for International Boxing Hall of Fame promoter J. Russell Peltz.

Today, BAM leads JHP’s partnerships in boxing and wrestling with unmatched expertise, forging high-impact collaborations with WWE, PBC, Netflix, AEW and DAZN—efforts that have guided the company’s strategic expansion and elevated the visibility of premier live events nationwide.

Between July 2024 and June 2025, BAM spearheaded several transformative initiatives, including:

Beyond her partnership achievements, Brittany’s influence extends across the sports-media community. She has built a talent pipeline with Temple University’s School of Sport, Tourism, and Hospitality Management—her alma mater—resulting in 17 hires and a steady rotation of interns, many of whom now hold leadership roles within JHP.

On behalf of the entire company, Joyce also praised Brittany’s impact: “Brittany is a powerhouse. She brings an incredible combination of deep industry knowledge, creative event strategy, and unshakable drive. She doesn’t just think outside the box—she redesigns the whole model. Her leadership has directly contributed to JHP’s dominance in live content distribution, and she’s a mentor and role model to everyone around her. She deserves this recognition and more.”

A Milestone Moment for Joe Hand Promotions

These dual honors mark a proud moment for the entire JHP organization and underscore the company’s continued influence across sports media, content distribution, and community engagement.

JHP congratulates Joe Hand Jr. and Brittany McCloskey for their extraordinary achievements, industry leadership, and unwavering commitment to elevating the company and the communities it serves.

Joe Hand Promotions celebrates Joe Hand Jr. and Brittany McCloskey on their award wins.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Information from a tipster who had a strange encounter with another man on a sidewalk outside Brown University was key to police identifying the suspect they believe killed two students at the school and then two days later gunned down a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor.

Known only as “John” in a Providence police affidavit, the source is being hailed by investigators as the key figure who gave law enforcement the details needed to determine who was behind the Brown shooting, as well as the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was shot in his Brookline home Monday.

Ever since a shooter unloaded more than 40 rounds inside a Brown engineering building, anxiety and frustration has plagued the Providence, Rhode Island, community as police appeared no closer to identifying the person.

Yet on the sixth day of the investigation, the case gathered steam, ending with police announcing late Thursday they had found the suspected gunman dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The tipster, John, was the reason why.

“He blew this case right open," said Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha of the information provided by the individual that resulted in finding the gunman nearly 24 hours later.

“When you crack it, you crack it,” he said.

According to police, John had several encounters with 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente before Saturday's attack. As police posted images of a person of interest — now identified as Neves Valente — John began posting on the social media forum Reddit that he recognized the person and theorized that police should look into “possibly a rental” grey Nissan. Reddit users urged him to tell the FBI, and John said he did. The police affidavit said they learned about the tip on Dec. 16, three days after the shooting and a day after the tip line was created.

Up until that point, the police affidavit says officials had not connected a vehicle to the possible shooter.

That detail led them to get more video of a Nissan Sentra sedan with Florida plates and enabled Providence police officers to tap into a network of more than 70 street cameras operated around the city by surveillance company Flock Safety.

The affidavit says John gave investigators additional critical details: he encountered Neves Valente in the bathroom of the engineering building just hours before the attack, where John noted the suspect's clothing was “inappropriate and inadequate for the weather.”

John also bumped into Neves Valente outside, mere blocks from the building, where John watched Neves Valente “suddenly” turn around from the Nissan when he saw John. What ensued was then a “game of cat and mouse,” according to John's testimony — where the two would encounter each other and Neves Valente would run away.

At one point, John says he yelled out "Your car is back there, why are you circling the block?”

“The Suspect responded, ‘I don’t know you from nobody,’ then Suspect repeatedly asked, ’Why are you harassing me?'” according to the affidavit.

John told police he eventually saw Neves Valente approach the Nissan sedan once more and decided to walk away.

“Respectfully, I have said all I have to say on the matter to the right people,” John wrote on Reddit Wednesday night.

As of Thursday, it's unknown whether John will receive the $50,000 reward the FBI had offered for information about the Brown shooting.

Ted Docks, special agent in charge of the FBI, said it was possible when asked by reporters.

“It would be logical to think that, absolutely, that individual would be entitled to that,” he said.

Associated Press writer Matt OBrien contributed to this report.

Law enforcement officers search the area for the Brown University shooting suspect, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Salem, N.H. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)

Law enforcement officers are seen outside a storage facility where a suspect in the shooting at Brown University was found dead, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Salem, N.H. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)

A poster seeking information about the campus shooting suspect is seen on the campus of Brown University, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)