 She was President of the American Society for Cybernetics from 2002 to 2004, and was elected President for 2009-2010 of the International Society for the Systems Sciences.Allenna Leonard was Stafford Beer’s partner in life and in work from 1981 until his death in 2002.She states on her web page that she is committed to continuing to use and publicize his work, and that her special interest is using Syntegration as a forum for democratic dialogue, especially on issues of public importance.