Stephen W. Courtien has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Baltimore-DC Building Trades, which is currently a department of the International Building Trades. In January, Courtien will head up the new Baltimore-DC Metro Building Trades Council as President. In recent years, Courtien has served as Regional Director for the building trades in both DC and Virginia. "With Stephen taking the helm, I have full confidence that the best is yet to come," said Kirk Brungard of North America's Building Trades Unions. Courtien can be reached at [email protected].