Exhibit 24(a)

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of Bank of America Corporation and the several undersigned officers and directors whose signatures appear below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Teresa M. Brenner, William J. Mostyn III and Timothy J. Mayopoulos, and each of them acting individually, its, his and her true and lawful attorneys with power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to prepare, execute, deliver and file in its, his and her name and on its, his and her behalf, and in each of the undersigned officer’s and director’s capacity or capacities as shown below, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and all exhibits thereto and all documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and any and all amendments or supplements to the foregoing, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorneys or attorney might do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bank of America Corporation has caused this power of attorney to be signed on its behalf, and each of the undersigned officers and directors, in the capacity or capacities noted, has hereunto set his or her hand as of the date indicated below.

 

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Kenneth D. Lewis

   

Kenneth D. Lewis

    Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

 

Dated: January 25, 2006


Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ KENNETH D. LEWIS


Kenneth D. Lewis

  

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer

and President and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  January 25, 2006

/s/ ALVARO G. DE MOLINA


Alvaro G. de Molina

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

  January 25, 2006

/s/ NEIL A. COTTY


Neil A. Cotty

  

Senior Vice President and

Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

  January 25, 2006

/s/ WILLIAM BARNET, III


William Barnet, III

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ FRANK P. BRAMBLE, SR.


Frank P. Bramble, Sr.

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ CHARLES W. COKER


Charles W. Coker

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ JOHN T. COLLINS


John T. Collins

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ GARY L. COUNTRYMAN


Gary L. Countryman

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ TOMMY R. FRANKS


Tommy R. Franks

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ PAUL FULTON


Paul Fulton

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ CHARLES K. GIFFORD


Charles K. Gifford

  

Director

  January 25, 2006


/s/ W. STEVEN JONES


W. Steven Jones

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ WALTER E. MASSEY


Walter E. Massey

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ THOMAS J. MAY


Thomas J. May

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ PATRICIA E. MITCHELL


Patricia E. Mitchell

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ EDWARD L. ROMERO


Edward L. Romero

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ THOMAS M. RYAN


Thomas M. Ryan

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ O. TEMPLE SLOAN, JR.


O. Temple Sloan, Jr.

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ MEREDITH R. SPANGLER


Meredith R. Spangler

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ ROBERT L. TILLMAN


Robert L. Tillman

  

Director

  January 25, 2006

/s/ JACKIE M. WARD


Jackie M. Ward

  

Director

  January 25, 2006