Labor on the Move: Jeff Guido & Rod Easter Hired as Reps for CHOICE
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Jeff Guido and Rod Easter have joined
Stephen Courtien as the field staff
representatives for CHOICE, Community Hub for
Opportunities in Construction
Employment, the new building and construction
trades organization for the
national capital region (Mark Coles Tapped to Lead
New Capital Region Building and
Construction Trades
Organization 4/2/2014
UC),
effective July
1. “I am confident that
Jeff, Rod and Steve have the
knowledge, temperament and ability to
effectively communicate with developers,
owners and management professionals in the
greater Baltimore/Washington, DC
construction market,” said CHOICE Executive
Director Mark Coles. “They have
each proven that they can build working
coalitions with community leaders and
public agencies.” Jeff Guido is currently an
Organizer and Legislative Director
for the Maryland State Pipe Trades Association,
and currently serves as the
Vice President of Plumbers & Gas Fitters
Local 5. He’s also one of
two Building Trades representatives who serve
on U.S. Representative Steny
Hoyer's "Make it in America" committee.
Rod Easter was most
recently the President of the Baltimore
Building Trades Council, served on the
transition team for Baltimore City Mayor
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, and serves
on the advisory committee for the Red Line rail
initiative in Baltimore.
Stephen Courtien has been a member of the
Painters union since 1998, and most
recently served as the Business/Legislative
Representative for the Washington
DC Building and Construction
Trades Council. Prior to his service with
CHOICE and the Building Trades
Council, Courtien served in several
different capacities for IUPAT and
IUPAT District Council 51. photo
(l-r): Guido, Easter, Coles &
Courtien