price was agency lead for the national endowment for the humanities on president barack obama's 2008 transition team. he was appointed twice by president obama as vice chair of the advisory council on historic preservation, and appointed newark city historian in 2014 and as chairman of the 350th anniversary of newark's founding in 1666. price was also a member of the scholarly advisory committee to the smithsonian institution's national museum of african american history and culture; a member of the advisory council for the gilder lehrman institute of american history; a trustee of the national trust for historic preservation; a trustee of the geraldine r. dodge foundation; and former chairman of the save ellis island foundation and the new jersey state council on the arts.