Mel Price is the principal and co-founder of Work Program Architects (WPA), a full-service architectural practice in Downtown Norfolk. Price has brought dozens of large municipal, state, and private projects to successful completion, forming lasting relationships with clients, collaborators, and the community.

Price specializes in community outreach, always bringing polarized and highly charged groups of stakeholders to common ground where the community embraces good design and development.

Price received her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame and is a member of multiple boards including TowneBank Norfolk Regional Board, Norfolk Airport Authority Board, Norfolk Forum, and she is a Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) member.