DALLAS: Weber Shandwick is promoting Jody Venturoni to president of Weber Shandwick Southwest, after Ken Luce leaves the position at the end of October, according to a memo obtained by PRWeek.

Venturoni, EVP and GM of Weber Southwest, will manage the Southwest region, which includes the agency's Dallas and Austin offices. Luce will continue to work with the agency in a senior consultant capacity.

Luce, who joined the agency in 1996, served as president of Weber Shandwick Southwest and ...