Charming Shoppes, a multi-brand apparel retailer specializing in women's plus-size apparel, has appointed Paula  Price,executive vice president and chief financial officer of Ahold USA, to its board of directors.  

Ahold USA is the U.S. operations of Royal Ahold, whose supermarket businesses include Stop & Shop New England, Stop & Shop New York Metro, Giant Landover, Giant Carlisle and Peapod. Price is responsible for Ahold USA's finance, strategy and planning, real estate development and construction, and technology functions. She joined Ahold in 2009 as CFO of Stop & Shop/Giant Landover.  

Before moving to Ahold USA, she was the chief accounting officer, controller, and a senior vice president of CVS Caremark Corporation, where she worked from 2006 until 2008.  From 2002 until 2005, Price held various positions at JP Morgan Chase & Company. She has also held positions at other financial institutions and businesses including Prudential Financial, Kraft Foods, Sears, Roebuck & Company, and Arthur Andersen.