capture playback operators, editors, graphics artists, and utility technicians. Communications The Communications Department enhances and supports the IATSE by maintaining the IATSE's website, social media channels, email program, and coordinating with other departments and Locals to disseminate information. Established in 2011, the Communications Department has set up an informal network of communication amongst Locals, and between Locals and the International. The Communications Department also creates educational materials to assist local unions and IATSE staff with modern communications methods and platforms. Education and training The Education & Training Department facilitates and supports a culture of ongoing learning within the IATSE. Equally dedicated to leadership skills for union officers and craft skills and safety training for workers, the department sponsors and promotes union skills courses and workshops. It also works closely with the IATSE Training Trust Fund, ETCP, InfoComm, USITT, and others in order to help workers keep abreast of new technologies, equipment, and styles of work. Additionally, the department operates outreach programs to high school and college students. The department was officially established in 2012, following the founding of the Labor Education Assistance Program (LEAP) in 2009. LEAP provides reimbursement money to officers of local unions who enroll in qualifying Labor Studies Programs. Presidents 1893: John Williams 1894: Lee M. Hart 1895: Claude L. Hagen 1896: P. Maloney 1897: Charles R. Norman 1898: William D. B. Wiggins 1900: Joseph B. Fenton 1901: Charles H. Bonn 1903: Patrick T. Barry 1905: John Suarez 1908: John J. Barry 1911: Charles C. Shay 1920: James Lemke 1922: Charles C. Shay 1924: William F. Canavan 1932: William C. Elliot 1934: George Brown 1941: Richard F. Walsh 1974: Walter F. Diehl 1986: Alfred W. Di Tolla 1994: Thomas C. Short 2008: Matthew D. Loeb Notes References IATSE Labor Union, Representing the Technicians, Artisans and Craftpersons in the Entertainment Industry". History of IATSE: timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. June 2013. IATSE Labor Union, Representing the Technicians, Artisans and Craftpersons in the Entertainment Industry". About the IATSE. N.p., n.d. Web. June 2013. Woodiwiss, Michael. Organized Crime and American Power: A History. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2001. Print. Mooney, Jadwiga E. Pieper., and Fabio Lanza. De-centering Cold War History: Local and Global Change. London: Routledge, 2012. Print. External links Papers on the History of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, 1883–2008 (bulk 1985–2005), held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts AFL–CIO Canadian