Christopher H. Price was named chief executive of LaamScience, a Research Triangle Park startup developing a coating that kills viruses and bacteria when exposed to light.

Price, 61, is a 20-year veteran of the entrepreneurial life-science sector. He has led three early-stage companies as CEO, including Nobex, a Durham company that went bankrupt after it lost a partnership worth as much as $283 million; the company and Glaxo-SmithKline were to develop an insulin pill.

Price resigned as CEO of Nobex in September 2005 to take the lead in establishing the Piedmont Triad Research Park in Winston-Salem. A year later, he joined Liquidia Technologies, a Durham company working with a liquid that hardens when exposed to sunlight. At Liquidia, Price oversaw development of the company's pharmaceutical and biotechnology applications.

LaamScience was founded in 2006 and uses technology discovered by scientists at N.C. State and Emory universities. The company raised $2 million in June and is looking for partnerships to turn the fabric into products such as surgical masks, pillowcases and gowns.

In other moves ...

Rod Frankel of Frankel Staffing Partners in Raleigh was named president and chairman of the board of the Occoneechee Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Marisa S. Campbell, director of the paralegal program at Meredith College, was elected president of the American Association for Paralegal Education.

Dick Moehring is assuming the position of chief executive officer at Craig Davis Properties in Cary. Jack Dunn has been named president.

Real estate broker Esther Austin was appointed president of Millridge Real Estate in Wake Forest.

Whitney S. Waldenberg was hired in the Raleigh office of law firm Troutman Sanders in the complex litigation practice group.

Phil Kirk, vice president of external relations for Catawba College and chairman emeritus of the State Board of Education, has been elected chairman-elect of the Public School Forum of North Carolina. In July, he will succeed Sen. Katie Dorsett of Guilford County as chairman of the Raleigh group.

Claude "Chuck" Adams joined Genworth Financial in Raleigh as senior vice president of sales for its U.S. mortgage insurance business.

Richard Lucente joined Freelon Group Architects in Research Triangle Park as an intern architect.

Brandon Hardison was hired as a commercial property and casualty producer in the Raleigh office of Senn Dunn Insurance.

John "Spike" Symonds was appointed finance officer at Action for Children North Carolina.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan hired several lawyers: Armand A. Perry, Andrew B. Fisher, Sarah C.W. Baker, Jason R. Brege, Andrea B. Short and D. Blake Simpson.

Donna Spaulding was appointed senior sales executive with Veritude's commercial sales team in Durham. Veritude is a division of Devonshire Investors, the private equity arm of Fidelity Investments.

Jeffrey B. Chambers has been named senior vice president of human resources at PRA International, a clinical research organization that is moving its headquarters to Raleigh.

Talie Madans was named director of customer relations for the Raleigh division of Pulte Homes.

Barbara Kennedy has been promoted to vice president of international health in RTI International's development group. RTI International is a research institute in Research Triangle Park.

Wendy Webster has been appointed assistant vice president with UGL Equis' Research Triangle Park office. UGL Equis is a subsidiary of United Group Limited, a corporate real estate firm.

Lauren Coker was named regional manager of Robert Half International, a staffing service. She will oversee operations for the company's Accountemps, Robert Half Finance & Accounting and OfficeTeam divisions in Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Greensboro.

Marsha Booker-Hibbs joined the real estate marketing division of Sparkkles Restoration in Raleigh, which specializes in water mitigation, structure drying, smoke removal and mold remediation.

On the boards ...

Raleigh lawyer Ronnie Ansley was elected president of the National FFA Alumni Association, which supports quality education for America's youth.

Steve Chalmers, retired Durham police chief, and Charles Lyons, executive director of the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club of Durham, have joined the board of directors at Durham Nativity School, a private middle school for economically disadvantaged boys in Durham.

Julie Clark, senior community banker at the Garner branch of Crescent State Bank, has been named to the 2007-08 Community Relations Committee of the Wake County Board of Education.

A new industry advisory board has been formed for the biopharma management initiative at N.C. State University's College of Management. Lou Arp, vice president of production operations at Eisai, will lead the board.

Sheila H. Ogle, chief executive officer at MRPP, has been named to the board of trustees at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh.