Tampa Resident N. Lee S. Price Promoted To Maj. Gen.

Posted Nov 23, 2011 by Howard Altman

Updated Nov 23, 2011 at 04:53 PM

Congrats to Brig. Gen. (P) N. Lee S. Price, whose promotion to major general was confirmed by the Senate on Nov. 10.

Price, the daughter of Homewood resident Phyllis Sherk and the late Maurice D. Sherk, was born in Jacksonville, Fla. but grew up in Birmingham, Ala. She later returned to Florida and is a resident of Tampa today.

“Tampa is paradise,” she said. “It is a fairly small town feel but has everything:  professional sports, the beach, culture, great music and all wrapped up with best weather around for most of the year.”

Price, who has celebrated numerous “firsts” in her almost 36-year career in the Army, became the first female Program Executive Officer for the Army in November 2009 when she took her current assignment as the Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications – Tactical. 

In this position she has overall responsibility of approximately $4 billion annually to develop, acquire, and field the communications, computers, generators and specialized applications to the tactical army. 

In July 2008, Price became the first female in the Army Acquisition Corps to be nominated to the rank of Brigadier General.  She also was the first woman selected to general officer while serving in a special operations unit.